Antique Painted Gameboard on Vinyl with Gorgeous Chippy (but not chipping) Paint mouse drawing There is a signature at

There is a signature at the base of the rear side which I figured out is that of German-born Nina Koch Winkel (1905-1990)

from the hand-marbled paper cover

Stained/painted black

From what I can tell

and when not being worn I’d definitely hang or drape it somewhere where it can be seen

Antique Painted Gameboard on Vinyl with Gorgeous Chippy (but not chipping) Paint mouse drawing There is a signature atI first took the surface here for leather but I think it is in fact vinyl. The colors are two different shades of blueone a bit lighter for the outer perimeter, the second a bit deeper for the inner perimeter and squares, though perhaps the squares are another shade deeperand a salmony pink for the alternating squares, with thin cream lines around each square. But most beautiful is the alligatoring of all of the paint, adding a whole different