{"title":"Carved Chess Sets","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery border, every figure cut into the wood by hand. It takes far longer than machining and it shows, in small differences you only notice up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/luxury-chess-sets\"\u003eluxury sets\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/walnut-chess-sets\"\u003ewalnut\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-sets-with-storage\"\u003ewith storage\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-sets\"\u003eall chess sets\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chess-ornament","title":"Wooden Travel Chess Set with Carved Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWooden Travel Chess Set with Carved Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA board that folds into its own case, with carved ornament worked around the playing field and brass clasps holding it shut. Inside, both halves are felt-lined, so the 32 pieces travel in the board rather than rattling loose in a bag. That is the difference between a set you take places and a set you mean to take places and never do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are turned in beech and walnut — two real woods, light against dark, warm in the hand and heavy enough to stay put once placed. Open it out and you get a full 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm playing field; close it and it is 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and 3 kg, which goes in a rucksack without a second thought. A wooden chess set at this size is the one that actually gets played on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with carved ornament and brass clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiece material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior compartments and brass hinges\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\u003eCarved ornament around the board, not a printed border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined compartments — the pieces store inside and arrive unmarked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal hardwood that darkens and improves with handling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-tone beech and walnut pieces that read clearly across the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMade by Hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery board is finished by hand using traditional woodworking methods, which is why no two are exactly alike — each carries the small variations that only come from a person doing the work rather than a machine repeating it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives with its own bag and needs nothing else. A good present for somebody learning, somebody travelling, or somebody who has been meaning to start playing again and needs the board to be easy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098181787968,"sku":"102884","price":309.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705482995798.jpg?v=1788438203"},{"product_id":"tree-of-life-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess Backgammon Set with Tree of Life","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess Backgammon Set with Tree of Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is carved all over in a quilted diamond pattern, edge to edge, with scalloped borders and a cast-bronze Tree of Life set into the frame at each end. That symbol has been cut into Armenian stone and wood for more than a thousand years, and here it does something practical as well as beautiful — it tells you which way round the board goes before you have thought about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn top, a full chess game with figural cast-metal armies: medieval warriors and knights, gold facing dark bronze, spears and shields worked into pieces that are sculpted rather than turned. Open the case and there is a second game underneath — a backgammon layout with its checkers and dice. A chess backgammon set like this covers whatever the room wants to play, and at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm folding to half that, it comes to the room rather than waiting at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural cast-metal chess pieces, gold against dark bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers and a pair of 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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze inlays and cast-metal pieces\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\u003eTwo games in one case — chess on top, backgammon within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCast-bronze Tree of Life set into the frame at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuilted diamond carving worked across the whole surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigural metal armies with real weight, gold against dark bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoots, trunk, branches and fruit read as one unbroken line — which is the whole point of it. Armenians have carved this tree onto khachkars, doorframes and dowry chests for a millennium as a way of saying that a family is one continuous thing, not a series of separate people. Putting it on a board where two generations sit down facing each other is about as apt as a symbol gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo games, an Armenian symbol and a metal army — this covers the chess player, the backgammon player and the person who just likes beautiful objects, which is usually three different members of the same family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185720128,"sku":"103911","price":959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1756723934481.jpg?v=1788438307"},{"product_id":"ornate-hand-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Carved Travel Chess Set with Ornament Borders","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Travel Chess Set with Ornament Borders\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery border on this board is carved, and carved deep — flowing ornament and scrollwork worked all the way round rather than picked out at the corners where it is cheaper to do. Hold it at an angle and the shadows move through the pattern. Inside the frame, the playing field is inlaid plainly in maple and walnut, because a carved chess set that decorates the squares as well would be unplayable and the workshop knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it hides is how practical it is. The whole thing folds into a slim case with a handle carved into the top edge, weighs 3 kg, and closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with all 32 turned pieces on a felt-lined base inside. So the most ornamental board on the shelf is also the one you can pick up on the way out of the door — which is not a combination you often get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with an integrated carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated carry handle and felt-lined base\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\u003eDeep ornament carved around every border, not just the corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean inlaid playing field that stays readable during a game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle carved into the case itself, so there is nothing to attach or lose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 kg and slim enough to slide into a bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board people photograph. Give it to someone who likes beautiful things and plays properly, and you have satisfied both halves of them with one object.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186277184,"sku":"102113","price":429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1706001530993.jpg?v=1788438320"},{"product_id":"carved-folding-chess-set-with-carry-handle","title":"Carved Travel Chess Set with Rope Border and Handle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCarved Travel Chess Set with Rope Border and Handle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rope carved in wood is one of those things that looks simple and is not. The strands have to pass over and under each other at an even pitch the whole way round, and if one crossing is off the eye finds it immediately. That interlaced rope runs the full border of this chess board, with leaf detailing worked in behind it, and inside the frame the playing field is left plain in maple and walnut so nothing competes with the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of it is built for use. It folds in half into a case with a handle cut into the edge, weighs 3 kg, and closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with all 32 turned pieces inside on a felt-lined base. That is the whole appeal of a carved chess set at this size: good enough to leave standing on a shelf, light enough that taking it somewhere never feels like a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and felt-lined base\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\u003eAn interlaced rope border carved by hand, even at every crossing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA plain inlaid playing field — all the detail is in the frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds into its own case with a handle cut into the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined base so the pieces travel without knocking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA safe present that does not feel safe. Nobody dislikes a carved wooden board, and this one is detailed enough that the person opening it will assume you spent longer choosing than you did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186375488,"sku":"102304","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703843678040.jpg?v=1788438322"},{"product_id":"round-top-folding-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Travel Chess Backgammon Set with Arched Top","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTravel Chess Backgammon Set with Arched Top\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape gives it away before anything else does. Instead of a flat rectangle, the top of this board rises into an arch — the kind of curve you see over a church door — with a carved rope border running the edge and a handle cut into the side. Closed, it looks like something you would carry a musical instrument in. Open, the outer face is a full chess board inlaid in maple and walnut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens again. Inside is a hand-carved backgammon layout with an ornament worked at each end and the points cut into the wood, plus 30 checkers and a pair of dice waiting in place. So it is a genuine chess backgammon set: two complete games, one 3 kg case, folded down to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm. Whatever the household plays, the answer is already in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers and a pair of 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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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\u003eAn arched top with a carved rope border — no other board in the range is shaped this way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, a carved backgammon layout within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverything included: pieces, checkers, dice and bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 kg and folds to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with a handle in the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo games, one box, and light enough for a student's shelf or a holiday suitcase. This is the gift for the house where one person plays chess and everybody else plays backgammon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186408256,"sku":"101291","price":309.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703842794166.jpg?v=1788438324"},{"product_id":"floral-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Carved Walnut Travel Chess Set with Floral Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCarved Walnut Travel Chess Set with Floral Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark walnut, and the borders are given over entirely to carving — flowing floral ornament cut deep enough to hold shadow, running unbroken around the playing field. Against that, the squares are inlaid in maple and walnut and left completely plain, so the decoration frames the game instead of interrupting it. It is a carved chess set that knows exactly where to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a case: the two halves fold together on themselves and a handle is cut into the edge, so you lift it the way you would lift a briefcase. That is what makes it a travel chess set rather than a display board — 3 kg, 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm folded, all 32 turned pieces inside. It goes in a car boot, on a train, into somebody else's kitchen, and it comes out looking like the best object on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and felt-lined base\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\u003eDeep floral ornament carved right around the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm dark walnut against pale maple inlaid squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds into its own case with a handle cut into the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 kg — light enough to carry without thinking about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving makes it a present rather than a purchase, and the handle means it will not spend its life on a shelf being admired. That combination is harder to find than it should be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186604864,"sku":"100596","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1702465525861.jpg?v=1788438329"},{"product_id":"blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Borders","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Borders\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo crafts on one board, and they should not really get along. The dark squares are royal-blue epoxy — modern, glossy, poured and polished level against pale wood. The borders around them are hand-carved: woven ornament panels with wheat and leaf scrollwork running between, the sort of cutting that has been done the same way for a very long time. Resin next to relief carving. It works because neither one is pretending to be the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest is honest equipment. A 15.7\" \/ 40 cm playing field, bronze coordinate markers set into the frame, cut-out grips at the top and bottom edges so you can lift it from either end, and 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut. It folds to half its width with everything inside. A travel chess set that looks like this is not really about travelling — it is about being able to bring it, which people rarely can with a board they actually like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with blue epoxy squares and bronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood with blue epoxy resin inlay and walnut pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry grips at both ends\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\u003eRoyal-blue epoxy squares polished flush with the wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved woven ornament and wheat scrollwork on the wide borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers set into the frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarry grips at both ends and a fold to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost chess sets are either traditional or contemporary and the buyer has to guess which the recipient prefers. This one solves that — old carving, new colour, and nobody has to compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186735936,"sku":"103697","price":759.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697542222564.jpg?v=1788438333"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the grand one of the Ararat boards. Warm walnut, a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field, and borders carved with leaves and scrollwork that run corner to corner rather than stopping politely at the edges. Above the handle, twin-peaked Mount Ararat is inlaid into the wood — small, exact, and the first thing any Armenian in the room will point at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this size the game changes a little. The squares are wide enough that the pieces stand clear of each other, so a crowded middlegame stays readable and nobody knocks a rook over reaching across. It is still a folding chess set: it closes to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm with all 32 turned pieces inside and lifts by the handle. A carved chess set this big usually means a permanent installation. This one you can still put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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\u003eHand-carved leaf and scrollwork borders running the full width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in wood above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field — the size players ask for and rarely get in a folding board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to half its width with the pieces stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah's mountain, the emblem of Armenia, and — since the border was drawn in 1921 — just out of reach on the other side of it. Every clear morning in Yerevan it is there on the skyline, and every Armenian craftsman has carved it at some point. It is not a landscape. It is a way of saying we are still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig, warm, and unmistakably from somewhere. This is the board for the head of a family — the one that ends up in the front room and gets used every time the grandchildren visit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186801472,"sku":"103391","price":569.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1687259353809.jpg?v=1788438335"},{"product_id":"grand-carved-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Chess Backgammon Set with Relief Ornament and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess Backgammon Set with Relief Ornament and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, this board is a carving before it is anything else. The whole outer panel is cut in deep relief — a large ornament at the centre with scrollwork unwinding around it and a beaded edge running the rim — deep enough that the shadows shift as you walk past it. Most boards are decorated on the border. This one is carved across the face, which is a different order of work entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and the object changes twice over. A full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut appears, framed by a hand-carved border, and inside that a backgammon layout with its points cut into the wood. So it is a chess backgammon set in the truest sense: three things in one hinged case, none of them an afterthought. The army is bronze and wood together, 32 ornate pieces with sculpted crowns on pale bases, framed by bronze coordinate markers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 8 kg it has the weight you would expect and, unexpectedly, a handle cut into the folded edge — so the grandest board in the room still closes to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm and goes back in its bag when the night ends. That combination, showpiece carving and honest working design, is rarer than either on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze-and-wood chess pieces\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\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\u003eDeep-relief ornament carved across the entire outer face, not just the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, a carved backgammon layout within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze-and-wood pieces with sculpted crowns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 kg of board that still folds and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board you give when the gift is meant to be remembered as an event. Closed on a side table it is sculpture; opened it is two games and an evening. Very few objects earn their place in a room twice over like that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186932544,"sku":"103302","price":3299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1681390555737.jpg?v=1788438339"},{"product_id":"bronze-star-carved-chess-set-with-metal-pieces","title":"Luxury Carved Chess Set with Brass Stars and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Chess Set with Brass Stars and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour brass stars, one at each corner, eight points apiece, set flush into the wood so they sit level with the carving around them. That is what you see first — metal catching light where you do not expect it on a wooden chess set. The borders between them are cut in a fine lattice, wide and deep, and the whole board runs a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm with bronze coordinate markers set into the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches it: 32 ornate bronze figures on pale bases, heavy enough that you feel each move land. At 8 kg this carved chess set does not get carried absent-mindedly — but it does have a handle cut into the folded edge, and it does close to half its width, which is more than most boards of this weight will do for you. Set it up once and you will understand why it is built the way it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved chess board with four inlaid brass stars and a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers and brass star inlays\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\u003eFour eight-pointed brass stars inlaid flush into the corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep lattice carving across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA complete cast bronze army with real weight in the hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field, and it still folds and carries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetal in the board and metal on the board — this is the set for someone who likes objects to feel substantial. It will not get put in a cupboard, because there is nowhere in a house it would not look deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186998080,"sku":"0026","price":1789.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680004786330.jpg?v=1788438341"},{"product_id":"large-basket-weave-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Carved Chess Set with Woven Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Chess Set with Woven Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRun your thumb across the border of this one and you will feel why it exists. The panels are carved as woven ornament — strands passing over and under each other, cut deep enough that the shadows do the work — with floral scrollwork running between them. It is slow, careful cutting: every crossing has to line up or the eye catches it instantly, and on a board this size there are a great many crossings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the carving it is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut, and inside, when it closes, a felt-lined interior that holds all 32 turned pieces without letting them knock together. It folds on metal clasps to half its width and lifts by a built-in handle. That is the pleasure of this carved chess set: it looks like something that ought to stay on a stand, and it packs down like a working board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior compartments\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and metal 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\u003eDeep woven ornament carved panel by panel around the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior — the pieces travel without marking each other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds on metal clasps and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome people notice woodwork and some do not. This is a gift for the ones who do — who will turn the board over, find the carving continues where nobody would have checked, and understand immediately what they have been given.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187129152,"sku":"102494","price":909.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1668239027891.jpg?v=1788438346"},{"product_id":"sixteen-corner-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixteen sides. Every corner cut away and cut away again, until the board stops being a square and becomes something closer to a polished disc with edges. It takes a great deal more work than a straight cut and it changes the whole feel of the object — people reach out and run a hand round the rim before they look at the squares. Between the edge and the field, wide borders carved in a fine lattice do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside all that shaping is a serious playing surface: a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm of maple and walnut inlay with 32 turned pieces to fill it. And despite the size and the silhouette, this carved chess set folds in half on its hinge and lifts by a built-in handle, closing to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm with everything stored inside. A board that looks like a display piece and behaves like equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixteen-sided folding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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 sixteen-sided silhouette — far harder to cut than it looks, and unlike anything else on a table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLattice carving worked across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStill folds and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to the person who already owns a good chess set. They do not need another square board — they need the one that makes visitors stop mid-sentence and ask what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187161920,"sku":"101764","price":909.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4068.jpg?v=1788438348"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirteen kilos. That is the number that tells you what this is. A twelve-sided board, 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across, borders carved end to end in a fine lattice, with the coat of arms of Armenia inlaid in metal at each end of the field. Boards like this do not get moved around a room casually — you decide where it lives and then it lives there, and everything else on the table arranges itself around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches the ambition. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures on pale bases, one side bright and one dark, with bronze coordinate markers set into the border to frame the whole field. Pick up a knight and the weight surprises you every time; put it down and it stays exactly where you put it. This is the difference between a luxury chess set and an expensive one — everything here is doing a job, not just costing money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd underneath the show it is still a proper carved chess set built to play on. Full-size squares with room for the bronze bases, a folding hinge that takes the weight without complaint, and brass fittings that close it down to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm when the evening ends. 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Power, freedom, work, writing. It is the whole argument of a country compressed into one small inlay, set here at both ends of a board where two people sit down to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome gifts are given once in a lifetime, and this is built for that occasion — a fiftieth, a retirement, a father who taught the whole family to play. It will still be in the house when the person who gave it is remembered fondly for having done so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187260224,"sku":"100831","price":3159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3848.jpg?v=1788438352"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve sides, not four. The corners of this board are cut away at angles so the whole silhouette changes, and the wide borders left behind are carved in a fine lattice with the coat of arms of Armenia inlaid at each end. It is the kind of Armenian chess set that gets picked up and turned round before anyone thinks about playing on it — and once you have seen the shape, an ordinary square board looks like it gave up early.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is all wood: 32 pieces turned in walnut and oak, dark against pale, so the two sides read instantly without anything shiny competing with the carving. The playing field runs a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm and the whole handmade chess set folds to half that width with the pieces packed inside. Big enough to host a proper game, sensible enough to put away afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in walnut and oak wood\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech, walnut and oak 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\u003eA twelve-sided board — the shape is the whole design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian coat of arms inlaid at both ends of the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice carving across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalnut and oak pieces, two real woods rather than one stained two ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eagle and a lion hold up a shield with Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark on it, quartered with the marks of four ancient Armenian dynasties. Underneath sit a sword, a broken chain, a sheaf of wheat and a feather. It is a lot of meaning for one small inlay, and every Armenian who sees it reads the whole thing without stopping to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a family that plays and a family that remembers where it comes from — both at once, on the same table. This is a gift that stays in a house for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187325760,"sku":"100831-WOOD","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3842.jpg?v=1788438354"},{"product_id":"russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Wooden Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Wooden Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA square board is the default, and this one is not it. Twelve sides, cut so the corners fall away at angles, with wide borders carved in a fine lattice and the double-headed eagle of Russia inlaid at each end of the field. Set on a table it looks less like equipment and more like something that was made for the room — which is the point of a carved chess set at this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are wood: 32 of them, turned in beech and walnut, warm and quiet against all that carving. That is a deliberate balance. The board is doing plenty already, so the army stays classic and lets you actually see the position. A full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field with maple inlay, folding down to half its width when you are done — a handmade chess set built for long games and a permanent place to put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\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\u003eTwelve-sided board — a shape you will not find on another set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Russian double-headed eagle inlaid at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice carving right across the wide borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field, and it still folds in half\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eagle looks two ways at once, east and west, and has done since it arrived in Russia in the fifteenth century. It has outlived every regime that used it. On a board where the whole skill is seeing both sides of a position at the same time, it is a better fit than most emblems ever manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor someone who plays properly and would rather have wooden pieces than metal ones — this gives them the striking board without changing anything about how the game feels in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187358528,"sku":"100754","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3792.jpg?v=1788438356"},{"product_id":"russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first thing you notice is the shape. This board is not a square — it is cut with twelve sides, so the corners come off at angles and the whole thing reads as an object rather than a playing surface. The wide borders are carved in a fine lattice, and at each end the double-headed eagle of Russia is inlaid into the wood. It is a carved chess set that announces itself before a single piece is placed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is bronze, thirty-two ornate figures standing on pale bases, one side left bright and one darkened, framed by bronze coordinate markers along the field. At 9 kg this luxury chess set is genuinely heavy — pieces land with a sound, the board does not shift when somebody leans on the table, and nothing about it feels like an ornament that happens to have squares on it. And it still folds to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm when the game is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 9 kg \/ 19.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\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 twelve-sided board — nothing else in the range is cut this way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Russian double-headed eagle inlaid at both ends of the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice carving across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 kg of board and a complete cast bronze army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo heads, looking east and west at once — an emblem that came to Russia in the fifteenth century and has outlasted every government since. On a chess board it fits almost too neatly: a game about seeing both sides of the position at the same time, under a bird that does exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a statement gift and it should be given as one — a retirement, a milestone birthday, an office that needs something on the table people will actually stop at. Nobody receives this and puts it in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187424064,"sku":"100754-BRONZE","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3785.jpg?v=1788438358"},{"product_id":"royal-crown-carved-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Carved Chess Set with Royal Crown and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Chess Set with Royal Crown and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the most ambitious carving in the range, and it does not pretend otherwise. The borders of this chess board are wide — wider than they need to be — and every inch of them is worked in crisp relief: ornament in the corners, ribbon scrolls running between them, and a crown cut at the head of the board with a banner beneath it. Pale maple takes the detail sharply, so the shadows sit exactly where the carver put them. You do not glance at a carved chess set like this. You lean in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces answer the board. Thirty-two of them, turned in wood and finished with cast bronze at the crown of each, so the whole army carries the same idea as the border rather than sitting on it like a borrowed set. The playing field itself is maple and walnut inlay across a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm, and the board weighs 8 kg — which you feel the moment you lift a corner. A luxury chess set at this weight does not slide, does not creak and does not need anything under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you are really buying is hours. Relief carving this fine cannot be rushed, cannot be sanded out if it goes wrong, and cannot be done twice the same way. Somebody sat with this board for a long time. It shows in the places most people never look — the inside of a scroll, the underside of a ribbon — and that is where the difference between a decorated board and a carved one actually lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrnately carved wooden chess board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned wooden chess pieces with cast bronze detailing\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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid maple and walnut wood with bronze-detailed pieces\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\u003eDeep relief carving across the full width of the border — crown, ribbons and ornament\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePale maple, which holds fine detail better than almost any other wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze-topped pieces cut to match the board rather than bought to fit it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 kg of board, and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are people you cannot buy anything for, because they already own the good version of everything. This is the answer to that problem. It is not a better version of a board they have — it is a different kind of object entirely, and it will be the first thing anyone asks about in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187489600,"sku":"101882","price":4009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3195.jpg?v=1788438359"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Luxury Russian Chess Backgammon Set with Double-Headed Eagle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Russian Chess Backgammon Set with Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a chess board — and a big one, a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across in walnut, carved end to end in a tight lattice with the double-headed eagle inlaid at its centre. The pieces that stand on it are faceted rather than turned, cut into flat planes so they catch light down their edges. It is a wooden chess set with a definite character: geometric, heraldic, nothing soft about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. Inside is a full backgammon field with its checkers and dice, so one object covers both games your family actually plays. At this size it is a chess backgammon set that holds a room rather than a corner of a table — and it still folds in half and lifts by its own handle when the evening is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 faceted wooden chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers and a pair of 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\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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 games in one board — chess outside, backgammon within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe double-headed eagle inlaid at the centre, not printed on it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLattice carving worked across the whole surface by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaceted chess pieces that look nothing like the standard set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one suits the person who takes both games seriously and has no room for two boards. The eagle makes it a gift with a flag in it; the size makes it the board everyone gathers around.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187555136,"sku":"103157","price":789.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3502.jpg?v=1788438362"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-chess-set-with-carved-frame","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Frame","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the full-size one. A 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing field of maple and walnut inlay, framed in warm carved walnut, with twin-peaked Mount Ararat inlaid above the handle. At this size the pieces have proper room, the squares read clearly from a standing position, and the board stops looking like an accessory and starts looking like part of the furniture. It is the wooden chess set you leave out, not the one you put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it still folds. That is the trick of it — a board this wide closing in half, holding all 32 turned pieces inside, and lifting by a built-in handle cut into the edge. So the handmade chess set that owns your side table on a Tuesday can be at your father's house on a Sunday without a second thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 19.6 x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 19.6 x 9.8\" \/ 50 x 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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\u003eFull 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing field — nothing cramped, even in a long endgame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in wood above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved walnut frame with carved corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and carries by its own handle despite the size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can see Ararat from almost anywhere in Yerevan and you cannot walk to it — the border has been in the way since 1921. Armenians put it on everything they make for exactly that reason. It is the country's own idea of itself, and on a board where two people sit down for an hour it quietly presides over the whole game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full-size board with the mountain on it is a serious gift, and it reads that way. For a father, a grandfather, a house that has just been moved into — this is the one you give when you want it to stay in the family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187620672,"sku":"102159","price":339.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2406.jpg?v=1788438364"},{"product_id":"carved-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Gilded Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Set with Gilded Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are the reason for this one. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures, cast and finished two ways — one army left bright and gilded, the other darkened — so the two sides are told apart by the metal itself rather than by paint. Pick a king up and the weight tells you immediately that nothing here is hollow. On a walnut board with hand-carved corners and maple inlay under them, they look like something out of a much older room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it unusual is that a luxury chess set this heavy still folds. It closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with the bronze stored inside and lifts by a built-in handle, so 5 kg of board and army travels in one trip. Most sets this good never leave the house they were given to. 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That reaction is the gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187686208,"sku":"103201","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2210.jpg?v=1788438366"},{"product_id":"carved-chess-and-backgammon-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, this is a chess board and nothing else — walnut, deeply carved right around the border, with an ornate bronze army standing on it and bronze coordinate markers along the edges. The carving is not shallow decoration either; you can feel the depth of it with a fingertip. It is the kind of chess backgammon set that people assume is only a chess set until you show them otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you unclip it and open it out, and the inside is a backgammon field with its own checkers and dice waiting. Two games, one object, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across, folding back down to half that and lifting by a built-in handle. If your family plays both — and in this part of the world most families do — this saves you owning two boards and losing the pieces to both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers and a pair of 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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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 games in one board — chess on the outside, backgammon within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep hand-carved scrollwork right around the walnut border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full ornate bronze chess army with real cast weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds and carries by its own handle, with everything stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy this for a household rather than a person. Somebody there prefers chess, somebody else prefers backgammon, and this ends the argument by putting both on the same table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187751744,"sku":"102759","price":1119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2195.jpg?v=1788438368"},{"product_id":"compact-mount-ararat-folding-chess-set","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Corners","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Corners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the restrained one. Where other boards cover every inch, this walnut chess set keeps its carving to the four corners and gives the rest of the wood room to breathe — and then puts twin-peaked Mount Ararat, inlaid, right above the carry handle where your thumb goes when you pick it up. You end up touching the mountain every time you move the board. Somebody thought about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe playing field is inlaid maple and walnut across a full 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, with 32 turned pieces to fill it. It folds in half, closes on itself with the pieces inside and lifts by the handle, which makes it a wooden chess set that goes to other people's houses instead of sitting on a shelf at yours. Handsome enough to leave out, plain enough that nobody is afraid to play on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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 above the handle, in wood rather than print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved corners — detail where it counts, clean surfaces everywhere else\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple and walnut inlaid squares on a full-size 15.7\" \/ 40 cm field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat, carries by the handle, stores the pieces inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArarat stands on the skyline of Yerevan and just outside the border, close enough to photograph and impossible to reach. That is why it appears on so much Armenian craft — not as a view, but as a promise the country made to itself. Putting it on a chess board, where two people sit down and think for an hour, is a very Armenian idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn easy gift to get right: it is a real board with real wood, it travels, and for anyone Armenian the mountain on the front needs no explaining at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187882816,"sku":"100548","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2171.jpg?v=1788438373"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-and-grape-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Pomegranate Harvest","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Pomegranate Harvest\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving on this one does not know when to stop, and that is exactly right. Pomegranates split open, grape clusters heavy on the vine, leaves curling between them — the whole border of this walnut chess board is a harvest, cut by hand into the wood. Above the carry handle, twin-peaked Mount Ararat rises out of the pattern. It is a carved chess set that tells you which country it came from without printing a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside it is a serious playing surface: 15.7\" \/ 40 cm of maple and walnut inlay, 32 turned pieces, and the whole thing folds down to half that and lifts by the handle. Most boards this decorated are display pieces you feel guilty using. This is a handmade chess set built to be carried to the table, opened, played on, and closed again with the pieces inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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\u003eA full harvest carved by hand — pomegranates, grapes and vine leaves around the whole border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat worked into the carving above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple and walnut inlaid playing squares, not printed or stained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds and lifts by its own handle, so it actually leaves the house\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePomegranates and Grapes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pomegranate is the Armenian symbol of abundance and family — hundreds of seeds behind one skin, all of them held together. The grape belongs to the oldest winery in the world, found in a cave in Areni and running for six thousand years without a break. Carving the two of them around a board where a family sits down opposite each other is not decoration. It is a wish for the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wedding, a new home, a christening — this is the board for the occasions where you want the gift to mean something as well as be used. It says plenty, family and a full table, and it plays a good game of chess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187981120,"sku":"102408","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2153.jpg?v=1788438375"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-chess-set-with-scrollwork-border","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Armenian household knows this mountain. It sits on the horizon above Yerevan, snow on both peaks, and it is on the far side of a border nobody in the family crossed. Here it is inlaid into the lid of a folding walnut chess board, small and precise, with hand-carved scrollwork flowing around it — a carved chess set that carries the one image an Armenian will recognise from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board itself is honest, useful equipment. Walnut and beech, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm of playing field, 32 turned pieces, and a built-in carry handle cut into the folded edge so you can pick the whole thing up in one hand and go. That last part changes how a wooden chess set gets used. It stops being furniture and starts being something you take to your brother's house on a Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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 into the lid — the image, not a printed picture of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved scrollwork running the full border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real carry handle: one hand, no bag needed if you are only going next door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and still gives a full-size playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArarat is where the Ark came to rest, and it has been the emblem of Armenia for longer than any flag. It is also, since 1921, outside the country's borders — visible from the capital every clear day and unreachable. That is why it turns up carved, inlaid and painted on so much Armenian work: it is not scenery. It is the thing that did not move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to someone in the diaspora and you are giving them two things at once — a board good enough to play serious games on, and a mountain they can keep in the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188046656,"sku":"101686","price":279.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2069.jpg?v=1788438377"},{"product_id":"brown-epoxy-chess-set-with-figural-pieces","title":"Luxury Brown Epoxy Chess Set with Figural Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Brown Epoxy Chess Set with Figural Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not mistake this for an ordinary folding board. The dark squares of this wooden chess set are not wood at all — they are brown epoxy, poured and polished until the marbling shows, amber where the light falls across them and almost black where it does not. Around the field runs a border of carved arches, cut by hand into pale beech, and the whole board folds shut on a bronze clasp into something you can carry in one hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you open the bag and the pieces come out. Thirty-two of them, every one carved as a figure rather than turned on a lathe — robes, faces, small details you only notice once you have picked one up and turned it over. That is what stops this being a spare set. It is a travel chess set at 11.8\" \/ 30 cm that looks like it belongs on a desk permanently, and that is usually where it ends up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with brown epoxy squares and a bronze clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural carved wooden chess pieces\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\u003eOpen board: 11.8 x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 11.8 x 5.9\" \/ 30 x 15 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\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\u003eMarbled epoxy squares — the pattern in the resin is different on every board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved arch border framing the playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigural pieces with real carved detail, not plain turned shapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved chess set small enough to travel, finished well enough to leave out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive someone a luxury chess set this size and you have given them something they will actually use — on a kitchen table, in a hotel room, on a long train journey. The marbled resin and the carved arches do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188374336,"sku":"103699","price":879.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697541751181.jpg?v=1788438388"},{"product_id":"red-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-brass-corners","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the heaviest small board the workshop makes — 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb at only 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across — and you feel it the moment you pick it up. The dark squares are poured in deep red epoxy resin against blonde wood, a fine diamond-lattice border is carved around them by hand, and ornate brass brackets finish all four corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat weight matters more than it sounds. A heavy board does not shift when somebody leans on the table, does not slide when a piece is set down firmly, and simply feels like equipment rather than furniture. Combine it with the red resin and the carved border and you get a luxury carved chess set that is unusually solid for its size — and it still folds in half to 7.9 x 15.7\" when you are done. Complete with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with red epoxy squares, carved lattice border and brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with red epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 kg \/ 15.4 lb at 15.7\" — exceptionally solid for a board this size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep red epoxy squares poured flush into blonde wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved diamond-lattice border and ornate brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that feels like equipment, not decoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Who Notices Weight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand this to a player and watch what they do first: they will lift it. Everything they need to know about how it was built is in that one movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188505408,"sku":"103563","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1685699798140.jpg?v=1788438393"},{"product_id":"green-epoxy-chess-set-with-grape-vine-border","title":"Luxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Grapevine Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Grapevine Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen resin and grapevines is not a coincidence. The dark squares of this folding board are poured in glossy green epoxy, and around the whole 19.6\" \/ 50 cm field the carver has cut clusters of grapes and vine leaves by hand — so the colour of the squares and the subject of the border are telling the same story about abundance. In this part of the world that is not decoration; it is more or less the local religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a lavish amount of carving for a chess board, and the vine work is deep enough to catch shadow rather than being scratched into the surface. There is a built-in carry handle cut into the edge, so despite the generous size it folds to 9.8 x 19.6\" and comes with you — which suits it, because a board about plenty ought to be taken to where the food is. Complete with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with green epoxy squares, carved grapevine border and a carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 25 x 50 cm \/ 9.8 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with green epoxy resin and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved grape clusters and vine leaves framing the whole board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen epoxy squares poured flush, echoing the border's subject\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 9.8 x 19.6\" and travels by its own built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set at a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift About Abundance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVines and grapes are what you carve when you are wishing somebody a good life. Give this at a wedding or a new home and the border says it — then the board keeps them at the table for years afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188570944,"sku":"103637","price":969.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682597836928.jpg?v=1788438395"},{"product_id":"red-epoxy-chess-set-with-celtic-knot-border","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Interlace Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Interlace Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo strong ideas meet on this board and somehow agree with each other. The dark squares are poured in deep red epoxy resin against pale wood — bold, modern, impossible to ignore — and around them runs a hand-carved interlaced border, strand over strand, all the way round the 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field. Ancient pattern, contemporary colour, one object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interlace is the part that takes the time. Every crossing has to stay even or the eye catches it immediately, and on a border this long there are a great many crossings. It is the sort of work that does not announce itself from across a room but rewards anyone who leans in. Full playing size, brass coordinate markers, 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut — and it still folds in half to 11.8 x 23.6\" when the game is done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge folding chess board with red epoxy squares, carved interlace border and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with red epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep red epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood at a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved interlaced border running the entire way round the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery crossing cut even — the detail that only shows when you lean in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that folds in half despite its size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Two Sides To It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBold enough to please someone with modern taste, traditional enough to please the person who thinks resin is a fad. Very few boards manage both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188833088,"sku":"103607","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680689176885.jpg?v=1788438403"},{"product_id":"large-blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Fleur-de-Lis Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Fleur-de-Lis Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the big one. At 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across, the board gives every piece room to stand properly — the size serious players ask for and most folding sets never offer. The dark squares are poured in glossy blue epoxy resin against pale wood, brass coordinate markers ring the field, and a fleur-de-lis border is carved by hand all the way around the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat carved border is what stops it looking like a modern novelty. Blue resin on its own reads contemporary; a hand-cut fleur-de-lis running round it puts the whole thing back into a much older tradition of decorated boards. Then, despite the size, it folds in half to 11.8 x 23.6\" and goes away. A luxury carved chess set that plays like a club board and stores like a travel one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge folding chess board with blue epoxy squares, carved border and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with blue epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing size — room for every piece to stand properly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue epoxy squares poured flush, with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fleur-de-lis border carved by hand right around the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that still folds in half and packs away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Serious Player\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has spent years on a board too small for their pieces knows what this size is worth. Give it to them and watch how quickly the old set disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188898624,"sku":"103606","price":969.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680689044353.jpg?v=1788438405"},{"product_id":"turquoise-epoxy-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost folding chess sets are a compromise — something you accept in exchange for portability. This one is not. The board is a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm across, its dark squares poured in glossy turquoise epoxy resin, with a softly scalloped textured frame around them and a built-in carry handle cut into the edge. Folded, it is 9.8 x 19.6\" and goes under an arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are what lift it. Rather than the usual plain turned shapes, this set comes with 32 ornately carved pieces in beech and walnut — real detail on every one, the kind you normally only see on sets that never leave the house. So you end up with something slightly contradictory and very useful: a luxury carved chess set with proper pieces and a proper playing size, that still packs away and travels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding wooden chess board with turquoise epoxy squares and a carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornately carved chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 25 x 50 cm \/ 9.8 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with turquoise epoxy resin and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurquoise epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornately carved pieces rather than plain turned ones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing size that still folds in half\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Who Plays Elsewhere\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClub nights, holidays, a friend's kitchen table. This is the set for the player who does not want to leave the good board at home — because with this one, they do not have to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189193536,"sku":"103584-BLU","price":769.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680174358272.jpg?v=1788438415"},{"product_id":"green-epoxy-chess-set-with-marble-and-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Marble and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Marble and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the heaviest and most elaborate chess set the workshop makes. The board is walnut, 19.6\" \/ 50 cm across, with its dark squares poured in deep green epoxy resin, a diamond-lattice border carved by hand around them and ornate brass brackets at all four corners. It weighs 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb before you add a single piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there are the pieces. Every one is a sculpted bronze figure standing on a base of polished real marble — one army on pale stone, the other on dark — so the two sides are told apart by the mineral they stand on rather than by paint. Picking one up is the moment the set explains itself: bronze and stone together have a weight that no wooden piece can imitate, and they settle onto the resin squares with a sound you will want to hear again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a luxury chess set in the plainest sense of the phrase — four materials, all real, all doing something. Wood for warmth, resin for colour, marble for weight, bronze for the figures. Set it up somewhere it can stay, because at this size and weight it is not a board you will want to be packing away between games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalnut chess board with green epoxy squares and ornate brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural chess pieces in bronze on polished marble bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid walnut with green epoxy resin, marble and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen epoxy squares poured flush into solid walnut, at a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 sculpted bronze figures standing on real polished marble bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved lattice border and ornate brass corner brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury chess set built from four genuine materials, none of them imitating another\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift At the Very Top\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the occasion that justifies it and the player who will appreciate what is actually in their hand. Nobody who lifts one of these pieces puts it down without turning it over first.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189259072,"sku":"103564","price":2489.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1679399439071.jpg?v=1788438417"},{"product_id":"blue-epoxy-chess-set-with-brass-corners","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue against walnut is a harder combination to get right than it sounds, and this board gets it right by keeping everything else quiet. The dark squares are poured in glossy blue epoxy resin set flush into warm walnut; a fine diamond-lattice border is carved around them by hand; and ornate brass brackets finish each corner. Nothing shouts. The colour simply sits there and does the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes complete with a full set of 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut — the light army and the dark one cut from the same two woods as the board, so the whole thing belongs together rather than looking assembled. At 15.7\" \/ 40 cm it is a proper playing size, big enough to think on and small enough to leave out permanently. A luxury wooden chess set that will look entirely at home on a desk, a side table or a shelf between games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalnut chess board with blue epoxy squares and ornate brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid walnut with blue epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue epoxy squares poured flush into warm walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved diamond-lattice border framing the field of play\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrnate brass corner brackets on all four corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set whose pieces are cut from the same woods as the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Stays Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome chess sets live in a cupboard between uses. This one does not — it is good-looking enough to leave set up, which is the surest way to make sure it actually gets played on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189324608,"sku":"103563-BLU","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1679398691322.jpg?v=1788438418"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-carved-chess-and-backgammon-set-with-metal-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Metal Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Metal Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwin peaks on the border, two armies in the box. This luxury walnut chess set frames its board with hand-carved Mount Ararat borders and fills it with 32 figural metal chess pieces in gold and silver tones — the rare small board that gleams from across the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChess on the outside, a full nardi field within, and a cut-out carry handle to take both games wherever the evening happens. At 11.8\" \/ 30 cm and 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg, this handmade Armenian chess backgammon set is equal parts travel companion and display piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with cut-out carry handle, bronze hinges — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural metal chess pieces in gold and silver tones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\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\u003eGold- and silver-toned metal armies over dark walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat hand-carved along the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle — two games, one grip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian gift that shines on arrival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230579520,"sku":"103920","price":899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762850726388.jpg?v=1788439037"},{"product_id":"lattice-walnut-chess-and-backgammon-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Lattice and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Set with Lattice and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome luxuries shrink beautifully. This luxury walnut chess set is proof: a compact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm board carved in hand-cut lattice across dark walnut grain, carrying a full army of 32 figural bronze chess pieces — a jewel box of a games set, complete down to the last casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFold it open the other way and a nardi field appears, so the little board plays a whole evening on its own. At 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg this handmade chess backgammon set travels like a book and lands like a treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural bronze chess pieces on turned bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze 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\u003eHand-cut lattice over deep walnut, crowned by a bronze army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside — a full evening at 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm fold-flat build with bronze hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small luxury gift with nothing small about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230645056,"sku":"103921","price":899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762850240252.jpg?v=1788439039"},{"product_id":"compact-pomegranate-and-grapevine-walnut-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Walnut Chess Set with Pomegranate and Grapevine","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWalnut Chess Set with Pomegranate and Grapevine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workshop took Armenia's two richest symbols — the pomegranate and the grapevine — and carved them into its richest wood. This walnut chess set winds fruit and vine around a compact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm frame, deep dark grain under hand-cut emblems of abundance, fertility and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and the little board doubles: a full chessboard outside, a complete nardi field within, all at a featherlight 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg. A handmade Armenian chess backgammon set that fits in a shoulder bag and carries a whole harvest of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with 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\u003ePomegranate and grapevine hand-carved in deep walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside — two games at 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm fold-flat build with bronze clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA heritage gift, small in the hand and rich in the grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230677824,"sku":"103920-967","price":379.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762849920066.jpg?v=1788439041"},{"product_id":"compact-classic-beech-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Wooden Chess Set with Backgammon Inside","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWooden Chess Set with Backgammon Inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeigh it in one hand: 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg. Now count what is inside — a full wooden chessboard, a complete backgammon field, thirty-two pieces, thirty-two checkers, dice and a bag. This little classic chess set may be the most game per gram the workshop makes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe build stays classic: clean carved border, warm beech grain, bronze hinges and clasps, 11.8\" \/ 30 cm open. A handmade chess backgammon set that slips into a weekend bag and unpacks a whole game night at the other end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eTwo complete games at a featherweight 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean classic border over warm beech grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm — weekend-bag friendly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe easy gift that turns any trip into game night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230743360,"sku":"103922","price":319.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762849671293.jpg?v=1788439043"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-epoxy-beech-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Armenian Epoxy Chess Set with Mount Ararat","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Epoxy Chess Set with Mount Ararat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workshop carves Mount Ararat often, but rarely like this. On this Armenian epoxy chess set the hand-cut peak is set off by hand-poured epoxy inlay — resin filling the carved ground so the mountain seems to rise out of light. Wood does the standing; epoxy does the shining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a complete two-game set at travel scale: chessboard outside, nardi field inside, 11.8\" \/ 30 cm open and a feather-light 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg. A handmade chess backgammon set that packs the homeland, a second game and a little glow into one small board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with epoxy inlay, 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\u003eMount Ararat hand-carved and framed in hand-poured epoxy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside — two games at 2.2 lb \/ 1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm fold-flat build with bronze clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian gift with a modern gleam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230808896,"sku":"103918","price":539.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762849257585.jpg?v=1788439045"},{"product_id":"standard-ornamental-rosette-beech-chess-set","title":"Handmade Chess Set with Ornaments","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHandmade Chess Set with Ornaments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA plain board says nothing about who made it. This handmade chess set introduces its maker in the first glance — floral ornament carved around the 15.7\" \/ 40 cm frame, every curl a small signature from the hand that cut it. Machines repeat; this pattern almost repeats, and that almost is the whole charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the ornament, an honest working board: crisp squares, 32 turned wooden pieces, bronze hinges and clasps, 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg folded. A wooden chess set you can carry to the neighbours and back — and the kind of handmade gift that quietly outlasts every gadget given the same day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 15.7\" x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eFloral ornament carved by hand — no two boards repeat exactly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonest 15.7\" \/ 40 cm playing field with bronze hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat at 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg for shelf or travel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe handmade gift that outlasts the gadgets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230874432,"sku":"101197","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705482669407.jpg?v=1788439046"},{"product_id":"standard-ornamental-rosette-beech-chess-set-ii","title":"Carved Chess Set with Ornaments","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCarved Chess Set with Ornaments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChess gives you long minutes while your opponent thinks, and this carved chess set fills them beautifully. Floral ornament runs hand-carved around the 15.7\" \/ 40 cm board, and the longer you look, the more the pattern gives back — a new curl here, a hidden turn there, the carver's small decisions everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the game ends, the board folds shut on bronze clasps at just 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg and takes its place on the shelf. A handmade wooden chess set that keeps both players company — one in the game, one in the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 15.7\" x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eFloral ornament hand-carved around the whole playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA border that rewards the waiting player's wandering eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg build, folds flat for travel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn easy handmade gift for players of any age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230907200,"sku":"100595","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705482584972.jpg?v=1788439048"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-and-grapevine-beech-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess Set with Pomegranate and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess Set with Pomegranate and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe border of this luxury Armenian chess set promises plenty — pomegranate and grapevine, hand-carved and winding around the frame — and the army on top guards it: 32 figural bronze chess pieces on turned bases, cast metal over carved fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a compact 15.7\" \/ 40 cm and a solid 8.8 lb \/ 4 kg, so the whole ceremony travels — to the family table, the summer house, the friend who thinks their board is better. A handmade Armenian chess set where the harvest is carved, the soldiers are bronze, and the evening is guaranteed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural bronze chess pieces on turned bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 15.7\" x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8.8 lb \/ 4 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with 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\u003ePomegranate and grapevine carved around a full bronze army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmblems of abundance with pieces that have real weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 15.7\" \/ 40 cm folding build with bronze hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury heritage gift that plays as good as it looks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098230972736,"sku":"103739","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703844807674.jpg?v=1788439050"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-and-grapevine-beech-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess Set with Pomegranate and Grapevine","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess Set with Pomegranate and Grapevine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenians carve the pomegranate and the grapevine where they want abundance to live — and this luxury Armenian chess set invites that abundance to the board. The two emblems wind gracefully around the 19.6\" \/ 50 cm frame in patient hand-carving, fruit and vine circling the field where the thinking happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a lovely contradiction: chess spends moves like a miser, while the border promises plenty. Set the 32 wooden pieces, invite one more person than planned, and let the evening prove the border right. 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A handmade wooden chess backgammon set that does both jobs well and makes no fuss about either — which, in boards as in people, is a rare and likable quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 15.7\" x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eFine hand-carving that frames without shouting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside — the everyday double act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg build that folds to 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn easy, honest gift for any player on your list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098231497024,"sku":"102925","price":319.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703842912222.jpg?v=1788439058"},{"product_id":"compact-ornamental-rosette-beech-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Chess Backgammon Set with Carved Ornaments","description":"\u003ch2\u003eChess Backgammon Set with Carved Ornaments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf the life of this little board is spent being admired. Carved ornament wraps the whole 11.8\" \/ 30 cm frame of this chess backgammon set, so between games it stands on the shelf like a small carved box — and guests regularly mistake it for one, until someone flips the clasps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the second life begins: a full wooden chessboard outside, a complete nardi field inside, 32 pieces and 32 checkers ready to go. A handmade chess set that earns its place twice — once as decor, once as the reason everyone is still at the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eCarved ornament covering the compact frame — lovely open or closed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside: two games in 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm with bronze clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA handmade gift that decorates the shelf between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098231693632,"sku":"101734","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1702465195477.jpg?v=1788439064"},{"product_id":"compact-ornamental-rosette-beech-chess-and-backgammon-set-ii","title":"Travel Chess Set with Ornaments and Backgammon Inside","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTravel Chess Set with Ornaments and Backgammon Inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is always one board that gets requested — \"bring the little carved one.\" This travel chess set is that board: floral ornament hand-carved around a compact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm frame, a full chessboard on the outside, a complete backgammon field within, and only 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg to carry it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt goes to the friend's kitchen, the summer house, the picnic table under the tree — and it comes home with stories. A handmade wooden chess backgammon set small enough to travel and pretty enough to be missed when it leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 11.8\" x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eFloral ornament carved around the whole compact frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, backgammon inside — two games in your bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust 4.4 lb \/ 2 kg, folded to 5.9\" x 11.8\" \/ 15 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gift that gets requested by name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098231726400,"sku":"103352","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1702465389573.jpg?v=1788439066"},{"product_id":"large-lattice-walnut-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Lattice","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Lattice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut asks more of a carver than pale wood does — it is denser, darker, and it forgives nothing. That is exactly why the workshop chose it for this luxury walnut chess set: a full lattice, hand-cut crossing by crossing across the 19.6\" \/ 50 cm frame, every line holding crisp against the deep brown grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo games live inside the craftsmanship. A walnut chessboard on the outside for the slow evenings; a complete nardi field within for the fast ones. A handmade chess backgammon set that looks like furniture, plays like a favourite, and never needs an excuse to stay out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess and backgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps — chess outside, backgammon inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 backgammon checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 9.8\" x 19.6\" \/ 25 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 19.6\" x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8.8 lb \/ 4 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze 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\u003eHand-cut lattice held crisp in dense walnut grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full chessboard outside and a complete nardi field within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerous 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing field with bronze hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut gift made for serious rooms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098231791936,"sku":"103724","price":1459.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1700560898145.jpg?v=1788439067"},{"product_id":"standard-classic-beech-chess-set","title":"Handmade Classic Chess Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHandmade Classic Chess Set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you do not know a player's taste, you cannot go wrong with classic. This handmade classic chess set folds open to a clean 15.7\" \/ 40 cm field framed by a single carved border — no theme to outgrow, no style to argue with, just warm beech grain and a proper game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt weighs 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg, closes with bronze clasps, and slips onto any shelf between evenings. A wooden chess set made entirely by hand, which you notice the first time you touch it — and every time someone asks where it came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 wooden chess pieces made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 7.9\" x 15.7\" \/ 20 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 15.7\" x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6.6 lb \/ 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with bronze 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\u003eThe safe-but-serious gift: classic fits every player and every room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean carved border over warm beech grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm — easy to store, easy to travel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade, down to the 32 turned pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098231890240,"sku":"103398","price":319.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697542857331.jpg?v=1788439071"},{"product_id":"large-classic-beech-chess-set","title":"Tournament Size Classic Chess Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTournament Size Classic Chess Set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome chess sets are furniture first; this one is equipment. 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Hand-carved ornament frames the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field — curling, scrolling, patiently cut into solid beech — so that stepping into the game feels like entering a walled garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the frame, everything is business: crisp squares, 32 hand-turned wooden pieces, room for long thinking. The handmade chessboard folds shut on bronze clasps at 13.2 lb \/ 6 kg. 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