Oversized Antique Primitive Solid Wood Painted Checkers Gameboard classic Or I should surely answer

Or I should surely answer yes

and the stems of the hairpin are a bit bent

This one--made of what appears to be ebony

though traces of light green paint remain (just on the backsides)

Oversized Antique Primitive Solid Wood Painted Checkers Gameboard classic Or I should surely answerI spotted this (huge) old board from across the room (in New Hampshire), where it read like a minimalist painting the combination of simple, bold pattern and subtleties of the old painted surface (which details best capture) make it to my eye a really beautiful thing. I'm not sure if it was made for giant sized checkers, or just to be decorative, but it's definitely got age, I'd guess early ish 20th century, with fine alligatoring to the paint,