{"title":"Backgammon Tables","description":"\u003cp\u003eProper furniture at playing height, carved from solid wood. A nardi table earns its place in a room and stays there, ready whenever someone wants a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor boards rather than furniture, see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/backgammon-sets\"\u003eall backgammon sets\u003c\/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/luxury-backgammon-sets\"\u003eluxury boards\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pomegranate-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Pomegranate","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Pomegranate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, the top is a chess board and the piece is a chess table — inlaid squares on carved cabriole legs, bronze pomegranates set into the corners, the legs and the drawer front. Lift the hinged top and the same object becomes an Armenian backgammon table, a full playing field with bronze pomegranate-topped checkers and the dice cup already waiting inside. Two games, one piece of furniture, no cupboard involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pomegranate is the Armenian symbol you cannot avoid and would not want to — abundance, family, a full house — and worked in bronze it sits against the pale wood like jewellery, with carved lattice running across the surfaces between. A drawer at the front takes the spare pieces, and the legs come off, so this handmade chess and backgammon table packs down into its own crate when it has to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze-topped backgammon checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pomegranates set into the corners, the legs and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCabriole legs make it a genuine side table, not a game box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Pomegranate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Armenia the pomegranate turns up on everything worth keeping — church walls, carpets, wedding tables. Split open it means abundance and family; whole it is the wish for both. Worked in bronze against pale wood, it does here what a maker's mark does: it tells you where the table came from before anyone has said a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the household where one of them plays chess and the other plays nardi, and neither wants to hand the living room over to a folding board. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and every table is finished by hand, so no two come out the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098181984576,"sku":"103753","price":1959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1707203714747.jpg?v=1788438210"},{"product_id":"eagle-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Eagle Heads","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Eagle Heads\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEagle heads are carved at the top of each leg, wings running down in feathers to the foot, and bronze eagles sit on the corners and the drawer front. Closed, it is a chess table with an inlaid board and a lattice-carved frame. Lift the hinged top and the same piece is a full backgammon table, checkers and dice cup stowed inside. You are not choosing between two games here, you are choosing one table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a reason carvers keep coming back to the eagle: it is the one bird that reads as authority from across a room, and it gives a leg a top worth looking at instead of a knob. This is a handmade wooden chess table nobody is going to want to cover with a cloth. The drawer at the front holds the spare pieces, and the legs unbolt, so the whole thing packs into its own crate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved eagle legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces and checkers: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEagle heads carved at the top of each leg, feathered wings down to the foot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze eagles on the corners and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the Eagle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery workshop that carves furniture gets to an eagle eventually, because it is the shape that tests a carver honestly — get the beak wrong and the whole head turns into a parrot. The heads on these legs are cut one at a time, which is why yours will not match a photograph exactly, and why it rewards a close look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person who plays both games, or the one who owns a beautiful chess set and nowhere proper to put it. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and no two tables leave the workshop identical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182443328,"sku":"103752","price":1769.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1707203639477.jpg?v=1788438213"},{"product_id":"armenian-coat-of-arms-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBronze Armenian coats of arms are set into the corners and the drawer front — the eagle and the lion holding the shield, Ararat and the ark at its centre. Closed, this is a chess table: an inlaid board over a lattice-carved frame on cabriole legs. Lift the top and it becomes an Armenian backgammon table, bronze checkers and the dice cup already waiting inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular pleasure in a handmade chess and backgammon table carrying the coat of arms of the country whose wood it was cut and carved from. It is not a souvenir; it is furniture doing what furniture in Armenian houses has always done, holding the family's games and the family's symbols in the same object. The drawer takes the spare pieces, and the legs unbolt for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze backgammon checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze Armenian coats of arms on the corners and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCabriole legs make it a genuine side table, not a game box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Armenian Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eagle and a lion hold a shield; on the shield is Mount Ararat with the ark on its shoulder, and around it the quarters of the old Armenian kingdoms. That is a great deal of history to fit onto a bronze disc the size of a coin, which is exactly why it belongs on a table built to outlast the people who bought it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a house in the diaspora, a father who plays both games, a wedding where the gift is supposed to say something. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and every table is finished by hand, so no two are quite alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182508864,"sku":"103750","price":1959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1707203554272.jpg?v=1788438215"},{"product_id":"tree-of-life-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Tree of Life","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess and Backgammon Table with Tree of Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tree of Life is worked in bronze here rather than cut into the wood — set into the corners and the drawer front, catching the light against the carved lattice around it. Closed, the piece is a chess table with an inlaid board on cabriole legs. Lift the hinged top and it opens into an Armenian backgammon table, bronze checkers and the dice cup stowed underneath. One object, two games, and nothing to fetch from another room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tree with its roots showing is the right symbol for a table like this one. It is the piece a family keeps: the chess table the children learn on, the backgammon table the arguments happen over, the thing that ends up in somebody's house forty years from now. The drawer at the front holds the spare pieces, and the legs come off when it has to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze backgammon checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze Tree of Life set into the corners and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved lattice running across the frame and legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenians have been carving this tree for well over a thousand years — on khachkars, on church doors, on the front of chests meant to be handed down. The idea has never needed explaining: roots that hold, branches that keep going, and the family somewhere in between. In bronze on a games table it reads as a quiet promise that the table is not the temporary kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a new house, a golden anniversary, a son who has just moved abroad. It comes with its own carrying bag, and because every table is carved and finished by hand, the one you send is not identical to any other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182574400,"sku":"103748","price":1959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1706000187850.jpg?v=1788438218"},{"product_id":"lion-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Lion Heads","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Lion Heads\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLions at the top of every leg, paw feet on the floor, bronze lions on the corners and the drawer front. Closed, it is a chess table — inlaid board, lattice carving, the whole piece standing about as quietly as a lion ever does. Lift the top and it becomes a backgammon table with bronze checkers and the dice cup underneath, ready without anyone fetching a thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour carved lions is a lot of table, and that is rather the point of it. This is a handmade chess table for a room that can take a strong piece: a study, a library corner, the end of a long sofa. The front drawer swallows the spare pieces so the top stays clear, and the legs unbolt when the table has to change houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved lion legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze backgammon checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLion heads carved at the top of each leg, paw feet at the floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze lions on the corners and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Lions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lion at the top of a leg has one job: to make the table look like it is holding itself up rather than merely standing there. Cut into the wood by hand, each head takes on its own expression — line all four legs up and no two manes fall quite the same way. That is not a flaw in the work, it is the evidence of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person who wanted a proper games table and was never going to settle for a folding board. 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Lift the hinged top and it opens into a full backgammon table, bronze checkers and the dice cup waiting underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a handmade wooden chess table built for the two games that tend to get played in the same rooms and argued over in the same way. Nothing needs carrying in and nothing needs putting away: the drawer at the front takes the spare pieces, the top stays clear, and the legs unbolt so the table can be crated and moved without a fuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze backgammon checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bronze double-headed eagle on the corners and the drawer front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved lattice across the frame and cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the spare pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm footprint for a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo heads, facing both ways at once. It is an emblem that had been carried for centuries before it ever landed on a games table, and in bronze against pale wood it does what a good crest always does: gives the eye somewhere to settle, and gives the piece a sense of occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a serious chess player, a serious nardi player, or the rarer person who is both. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and since every table is carved and finished by hand, no two are identical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182672704,"sku":"103751","price":1959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705999836076.jpg?v=1788438221"},{"product_id":"rosette-ornament-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Backgammon Table with Central Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Backgammon Table with Central Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the heaviest and most worked table in the range. A carved ornament centred on the lid, a fine cross-hatch lattice border running round it, and elegant cabriole legs holding the whole thing at proper playing height. Thirteen kilos of solid beech — it does not move when somebody leans on it, and it does not need to be put anywhere when the game finishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and the field is inlaid in light and dark beech across a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm, with 32 checkers, a dice cup and dice included. What you are buying is the end of a small recurring annoyance: no clearing the table, no fetching the board, no wrong height. The nardi is already there, at the right level, between two chairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6 x 27.6\" \/ 30 x 60 x 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved central ornament with a fine cross-hatch lattice border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 kg of solid beech — nothing shifts mid-game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board on a coffee table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm closed, so it fits a living room or study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery table is finished by hand, so no two are exactly alike. The one to give when somebody plays nardi constantly and has been making do with a board on the kitchen table for years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182738240,"sku":"102692","price":2289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705483664714.jpg?v=1788438223"},{"product_id":"tree-of-life-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Tree of Life","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Tree of Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tree of Life is carved into the closed lid — roots, trunk and branches worked into the wood, the oldest thing in Armenian ornament and still the one people reach for first. Closed, standing on its carved cabriole legs, this Armenian backgammon table is a side table you would want in the room anyway, with bronze hinges and clasps running along the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting, 32 checkers in beech and walnut beside the dice cup. That is the whole case for a handmade wooden backgammon table over a backgammon board you carry out and set up: nothing to fetch, nothing to clear off the dining table. Someone comes by, you lift the lid, and the nardi is already there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 18 kg \/ 39.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardware: bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTree of Life carved into the lid, the oldest symbol in Armenian ornament\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved cabriole legs with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Armenian carving the tree is not decoration. It is the oldest symbol the country held on to, cut into khachkars and church walls centuries before anyone thought to put it on furniture: roots that hold, branches that keep going. Carved onto a table a family will play nardi around for years, it means exactly what it has always meant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wedding, a new house, a birthday that deserves more than another object. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and because every table is carved and finished by hand, the one you give is the only one quite like it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182803776,"sku":"103733","price":1879.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703841427510.jpg?v=1788438224"},{"product_id":"horses-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Backgammon Table with Rearing Horses","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Backgammon Table with Rearing Horses\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, this is a side table with two horses on it — a black one and a cream one, inlaid rather than painted, both up on their hind legs in the middle of the lid with carved scrollwork running round them. It stands on its own cabriole legs at proper height, so it holds a corner of a room the way a piece of furniture does, and nothing about it announces that there is a game inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you open it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, with 32 checkers in beech and walnut, a dice cup and dice. That is the argument for a backgammon table over a board: nobody has to clear the coffee table, nobody fetches anything, and the height is right for two people in armchairs. You sit down and play, and when you are done it folds shut and goes back to being furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6 x 27.6\" \/ 30 x 60 x 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 14 kg \/ 30.9 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo rearing horses inlaid in contrasting wood, not printed or burned on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved scrollwork framing the lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table on cabriole legs — correct playing height, no coffee table needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery table is finished by hand, so no two are exactly alike. This is the gift for a house where nardi gets played properly — it arrives with its own bag and never needs putting away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182869312,"sku":"103719","price":1099.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697543152977.jpg?v=1788438227"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-bronze-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Bronze Pomegranate","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Bronze Pomegranate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bronze pomegranate sits at the centre of the closed lid, a smaller bronze piece to either side of it, all of it raised against carved wood. The pomegranate is the fruit Armenians put on everything they want to last — abundance, family, a full house — and in bronze it catches the light from across the room. Standing on its carved cabriole legs, this Armenian backgammon table reads as furniture first and a game second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLift the lid and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field opens up, with 32 bronze-topped checkers that land with a weight plastic never manages. That is what separates a handmade wooden backgammon table from a backgammon board kept in a box: it is already standing, already set, already the best-looking thing in the room. Pour something, sit down, play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze-topped checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 14 kg \/ 30.9 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pomegranate set into the closed lid, with a smaller bronze piece to either side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze-topped checkers with real weight in the hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Pomegranate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Armenia the pomegranate is not a symbol anyone chooses, it is the one that comes with you. Split open it means abundance and family; whole it is the wish for both. It is cut into church walls, woven into carpets, filmed by Parajanov — and here it is cast in bronze on a table that will carry a few decades of games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a wedding, an anniversary, a housewarming where the pomegranate means exactly what everyone in the room knows it means. It comes with its own carrying bag, and every table is finished by hand, so the one you give is not quite like any other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098182934848,"sku":"103689","price":1659.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697541581481.jpg?v=1788438229"},{"product_id":"lion-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Backgammon Table with Lion Head","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Backgammon Table with Lion Head\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legs are lions. Carved heads at the top, paw feet at the floor, and on the closed lid a large lion's head looking straight out at the room with a smaller bronze lion to either side of it. This is not a subtle table and it is not trying to be — it is a wooden backgammon table for someone who wants the furniture to have a pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field, 32 checkers in beech and walnut, the dice cup sitting ready. A handmade backgammon table quietly changes how often the game gets played, because the setting up is already done. It stands there looking like it means business, and sooner or later somebody sits down opposite you to find out whether you do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved lion legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 14 kg \/ 30.9 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLion heads carved at the top of each leg, paw feet at the floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved lion's head on the lid, with a bronze lion either side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a Lion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarvers have been putting lions on furniture for about as long as there has been furniture worth carving, and always for the same reason: a lion at the corner of a table says the thing was built to stay. Cut by hand, every head comes out a little different — the set of the jaw, the fall of the mane. Look closely at yours and you will find the tool marks that make it a face instead of a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard to buy for, easy to impress. This is the piece for the person whose house already has everything except a reason to sit down and play. 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It is the most sculptural table in the range, and it does not pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field with 32 checkers in beech and walnut, a dice cup and dice. Fifteen kilos of solid beech, at proper height, on legs that were carved rather than turned. 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Give this to somebody whose room can take a statement — the legs alone will start the conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183033152,"sku":"103322","price":1659.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1691231570576.jpg?v=1788438232"},{"product_id":"georgian-coat-of-arms-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Georgian Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Georgian Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA crowned shield held up by two lions, worked in a bright silver-toned finish at the centre of the lid, with two smaller versions either side of it. Against the warm wood the metal tone reads immediately from across a room. Closed, on its cabriole legs, this is a side table that happens to be carrying a country's emblem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field with 32 checkers in beech and walnut, a dice cup and dice. And it is the practical one of the family: the legs detach, so a table this size ships flat and stores in a cupboard when a house is short of space — which is not something most backgammon tables will do for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table with detachable cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetachable legs for flat storage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Georgian coat of arms in a silver-toned finish, on the lid and repeated either side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetachable legs — a full table that packs flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly 5 kg, the lightest table in the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoubles as a side table when the game is put away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorgians play nardi as seriously as anyone, and this puts the emblem on the table it gets played on. Every table is finished by hand, so no two are exactly alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183098688,"sku":"103644","price":1629.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1684667215035.jpg?v=1788438235"},{"product_id":"celtic-knot-ornament-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Backgammon Table with Interlace Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Backgammon Table with Interlace Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne bold interlaced ornament cut into the middle of the closed lid, with two smaller ones flanking it — strands passing over and under each other, no beginning and no end, which is the point of the pattern. On a border that long every crossing has to line up or the eye finds it straight away. Bronze hinges and clasps hold it shut, and it stands on its own cabriole legs at proper playing height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field with 32 checkers in beech and walnut, a dice cup and dice. That is the whole case for a backgammon table over a board: nothing has to be cleared, nothing has to be carried, and the height is right for two people sitting in armchairs. Closed again, it is simply a well-carved side table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6 x 27.6\" \/ 30 x 60 x 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bold interlace ornament carved into the lid, flanked by two smaller ones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA geometric design that suits traditional and modern rooms equally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height rather than a board on a coffee table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery table is finished by hand, so no two are exactly alike. A good gift for a house where nardi gets played often and there is never quite enough table to play it on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183164224,"sku":"101378","price":1159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3949.jpg?v=1788438236"},{"product_id":"floral-medallion-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Backgammon Table with Floral Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Backgammon Table with Floral Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA carved floral ornament sits at the centre of the closed lid inside a scalloped frame, and the fine lattice work does not stop there — it carries on down the apron and across the cabriole legs, so the whole table is worked rather than just its top. Closed, it reads as a decorative side table and nothing about it suggests a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field inlaid in light and dark beech, with 32 checkers, a dice cup and dice. That is what a backgammon table gives you that a board never can: correct height, two chairs, nothing to move off the coffee table first. It is the difference between meaning to play and actually playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved floral ornament within a scalloped frame on the lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLattice carving continuing across the apron and legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height rather than a board on a coffee table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery table is finished by hand, so no two are exactly alike. This is the softer, more decorative one of the range — the table that suits a living room rather than a study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183229760,"sku":"103169","price":1629.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3405.jpg?v=1788438238"},{"product_id":"armenian-coat-of-arms-backgammon-table-handmade-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coat of arms sits in the middle of the closed lid, carved large, with two smaller ones on either side of it and a fine lattice running across the legs and apron. An eagle and a lion holding up a crowned shield — an Armenian will read the whole thing without stopping, and everyone else will ask. Standing on its cabriole legs it works perfectly well as a side table, which is what it is most of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, inlaid in light and dark beech, with the arms repeated at the centre of each half so the emblem is still there while you play. Thirty-two checkers in beech and walnut, a dice cup and dice. A backgammon table means nardi never has to be set up — you sit down at the right height, in the right chairs, and start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian coat of arms carved on the lid and inlaid on both halves of the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice carving running across the legs and apron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMount Ararat and Noah's Ark on the shield, an eagle and a lion holding it, four ancient dynasties quartered behind them, and below — a sword, a broken chain, wheat and a feather. Power, freedom, work and writing. It is a whole country's argument compressed into one carving, and here it sits on the table the family gathers around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor an Armenian household, this is the gift that needs no card. Every table is finished by hand, so no two are alike, and it arrives with its own carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183295296,"sku":"103182","price":1629.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3423.jpg?v=1788438240"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Mount Ararat","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Mount Ararat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid is a landscape. Ararat's twin peaks inlaid in gold-toned wood, a monastery below them, fields running out in front — all of it laid in contrasting timber rather than drawn on, and framed by carved scrollwork. Closed, on its cabriole legs, this Armenian backgammon table is simply a beautiful side table with the country's own mountain on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, inlaid in light and dark beech with carved ornaments at each end, and 32 checkers, a dice cup and dice ready to go. Every Armenian house has nardi in it somewhere; this is the version that does not have to be brought out and set up, because it is already the furniture. You pull two chairs over and start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in gold-toned wood, with the monastery and fields below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved scrollwork framing the whole scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah's mountain, visible from Yerevan every clear morning and outside the border since 1921. Armenians have carved and inlaid it onto everything they make for exactly that reason — it is not a view, it is the thing that stayed. Having it on the table the family plays nardi around is about as Armenian as an object gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a father, a grandfather, a house in the diaspora. 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Closed on its cabriole legs, this wooden backgammon table is a piece of furniture that happens to have a game inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, laid in light and dark beech with a carved ornament centred in each half, 32 checkers and a dice cup waiting. This is the difference a handmade backgammon table makes: no box to find, no board to unroll. The lid comes up and the game is on, which is why it gets played on a Tuesday and not only at Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo facing lions carved into the lid within flowing scrollwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved ornament centred in each half of the playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo Lions Facing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut one lion on a panel and you have an animal. Put two facing each other and you have a composition — the carver now has to make both halves answer one another, mane for mane, paw for paw, or the eye catches it straight away. It is the harder job, and it is why this lid holds your attention longer than a single carving would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the friend who plays properly, keeps score, and has nowhere good to do it. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and since every lid is cut by hand, the two lions on yours are not exactly the two on anyone else's.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183426368,"sku":"101490","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3946.jpg?v=1788438244"},{"product_id":"georgian-coat-of-arms-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Georgian Chess and Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Georgian Chess and Backgammon Table with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Georgian coat of arms appears here three times over — in bronze on the corners, on the drawer front, and on the face of every single checker. Closed, the piece is a chess table: inlaid board, carved lattice, cabriole legs. Lift the hinged top and it opens into a full backgammon table, the checkers lifting straight out of their own felt-lined tray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat tray is the detail people notice second and appreciate longest. Thirty-two crested checkers sitting in fitted felt means setting up takes a moment instead of a hunt, and that is the difference between a handmade chess and backgammon table that gets used and one that only gets admired. The drawer at the front takes the chess pieces, and the legs come off for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers crested with the Georgian coat of arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined checker tray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront storage drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed: 11.8 x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 27.6\" \/ 70 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 14 kg \/ 30.9 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess pieces: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon checkers: bronze and wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemovable legs, packs into its own crate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne table, two games: a chess board on top, a full backgammon field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Georgian coat of arms on the corners, the drawer front and every checker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheckers stored in their own felt-lined tray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA front drawer for the chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCabriole legs make it a genuine side table, not a game box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Georgian Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint George on horseback, spear down into the dragon, two lions holding the shield and a crown above it. Georgia has kept this rider for centuries, and putting him on the checkers as well as the table is the kind of decision that only happens in a workshop where somebody carved every one of them by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a Georgian household, or for the friend who takes nardi seriously enough to notice the felt tray. It arrives with its own carrying bag, and no two tables leave the workshop identical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183491904,"sku":"103638","price":2469.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682594740562.jpg?v=1788438246"},{"product_id":"scrollwork-chess-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Carved Scrollwork","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess and Backgammon Table with Carved Scrollwork\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScrollwork runs right around the chess board and down the legs, cut in relief so the pattern lifts off the surface instead of sitting flat on it. Closed, this is a chess table, and a handsome one. Lift the hinged top and it opens into a full backgammon table, the playing field inlaid in light and dark wood underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe top here is a full square, 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm, which is a good deal more room than the folding tables give you — elbows on the table, the dice cup within reach, nobody's knees in the way. 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The curve has to hold its width the whole way round, and a hand that hesitates leaves a flat spot the eye finds immediately. Running it around an entire board and then down four legs is a long, patient job — and it is most of what you are actually seeing when this table catches your eye from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor someone who would rather have one beautiful thing than two ordinary ones. 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Scalloping means cutting a curve down both sides of all twenty-four and matching them to each other — a decision a workshop only makes when it cares more about the board than about the clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person who notices details, and who will notice these. 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This one is cut into square towers instead, stepping up and down the whole way round — more setting out, more cuts, and a great deal more to get wrong. It is the kind of flourish that only really makes sense on a chess table, where the rooks are castles anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a family room, a games room, or a father who has been talking about getting a proper table for years. Every one is finished by hand, so no two sets of towers come out identical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183688512,"sku":"103493","price":1129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680688594939.jpg?v=1788438252"}],"url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/collections\/backgammon-tables.oembed","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}