{"title":"Folding Chess Sets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe board folds in half around its own pieces and closes flat, which is the oldest and still the best way to keep a set together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee also \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/travel-chess-sets\"\u003etravel sets\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-and-backgammon-sets\"\u003etwo-in-one boards\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-sets\"\u003eall chess sets\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wooden-chess-set-backgammon","title":"Chess Set with Diamond Lattice Border, Three Sizes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eChess Set with Diamond Lattice Border, Three Sizes — Handmade in Armenia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA diamond lattice is carved round the chessboard of this folding chess set, on a board with scalloped edges that closes on bronze clasps. It comes in three sizes — 30, 40 or 50 cm square (11.8″, 15.7″ or 19.6″) — handmade in Armenia from beech, with 32 carved wooden chess pieces and a carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the wooden chess set for someone who wants carving on the pieces as much as on the board. The lattice runs in a crisp diamond net round the whole frame, and the edge is cut in deep waves at each side. The pieces are carved rather than plainly turned — textured bodies, crowned kings and queens, knights with a real mane — in light and dark wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose the small board for the bag and the train, the middle one for the kitchen table, or the full-size one for the table that stays set up. All three fold in half with the pieces inside and close on bronze clasps. The starter set that does not look like one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: three sizes — 30 × 30 cm, 40 × 40 cm or 50 × 50 cm (11.8″, 15.7″ or 19.6″ square) — choose above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, stained walnut brown and varnished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarving: diamond lattice in relief round the frame, scalloped edge, carved coordinates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePieces: 32 carved wooden chess pieces in light and dark wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardware: bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCraftsmanship: handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 carved wooden chess pieces in light and dark wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e a pocket-friendly board, a kitchen-table board and a full-size one — same carving, same pieces.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarved pieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e the kings wear crowns and the knights have manes — a set that rewards a close look.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFolds shut:\u003c\/strong\u003e the pieces travel inside the board, and the bronze clasps keep it closed in the bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to Know Before You Buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the carving real?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. The lattice is carved into the beech in relief, the edge is cut in scallops, and each piece is carved and turned from wood. Nothing is printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat about shipping and returns?\u003c\/strong\u003e Shipping is free worldwide and tracked. Every set is covered by our 30-day returns policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I look after it?\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from radiators. 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It comes in three sizes — 30, 40 or 50 cm square (11.8″, 15.7″ or 19.6″) — handmade in Armenia from beech, with 32 carved wooden pieces and a black carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the wooden chess set for the traditionalist. The scrolls loop into one another in an unbroken chain round the whole frame, cut so deep the border reads almost as lace, and the dark stain in the hollows makes every curve stand out. The squares are plain and pale, the coordinates carved beside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are carved in light and dark wood with felt under every base, and they ride inside on black felt when the board is closed. 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It comes in three sizes — 30, 40 or 50 cm square (11.8″, 15.7″ or 19.6″) — handmade in Armenia from beech, with 32 carved wooden chess pieces and a black carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the wooden chess set for a wine table. The border is a dense vine — bunches of grapes, broad leaves and twisting stems — cut deep enough that the varnish pools in the hollows and every cluster catches the light, with a row of small notches along the outer edge. The squares are left plain and pale, and the coordinates are carved beside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are carved as well as turned: the kings and queens wear open crowns, the knights have flowing manes, and the whole set comes in light and dark wood. 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It comes in three sizes — 30, 40 or 50 cm square (11.8″, 15.7″ or 19.6″) — handmade in Armenia from beech, with 32 wooden chess pieces and a black carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the wooden chess set that suits a desk, a kitchen table or a shelf, depending on the size you pick. The knotwork stands up in relief with dots punched into the ground between the loops, the coordinates are cut beside the two-tone squares, and the frame is stained a deep walnut brown. It folds in half on bronze hinges and closes with two clasps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, both halves are lined in black felt, and the 32 turned pieces — light and dark — ride there when the board is shut. The 30 cm board goes in a rucksack; the 50 cm one is a full-size board for long evenings. 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Handmade in Armenia, with a bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe net on this wooden chess set is cut in fine lines rather than raised, so it reads as a soft texture across the dark-stained frame and the drilled dots catch the light; the edge curves in and out along all four sides and the coordinates are cut into the border. The squares are inlaid pale and brown wood, wide enough for a full-height king.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are turned in pale and dark-stained wood, the kings tipped with a finial, and they ride inside the board itself: shut, it is a slim waved case on brass clasps; opened the other way, the two felt trays take the whole army, so nothing knocks about in the bag. 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The scrolls stand well off the surface and the ground between them is stippled, so the pattern reads in shadow from any angle; the field inside it is left plain — inlaid pale and dark squares with the coordinates carved beside them — because a game needs somewhere quiet to happen. The 32 pieces are turned, pale on one side and dark on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFold it and the two handles line up so the closed case lifts in one hand; open it the other way and both halves are lined in black felt for the pieces. 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The blue is resin, poured square by square and polished flush with the pale wood; the frame is old-fashioned relief — four woven ovals, one to a side, and at each corner a spray of wheat and acanthus leaf on a stippled ground. The coordinates sit in brass discs, the edge waves in scallops, and the 32 pieces are turned, pale on one side and dark on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth ends have a handle cut straight through the frame, and the board folds to a slim case on bronze hinges with a felt-lined well in each half for the pieces. 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Both handles are cut clean through the frame with a scalloped grip, the peaks sit just below each one with their snow in the maple, and the acanthus scrolls run from the corners along the sides in relief on a stippled ground. The squares are inlaid maple and walnut with the coordinates carved beside them, and the outline waves in scallops all round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and one half is lined in black felt while the other is cut with a fitted slot for every one of the 32 turned pieces, so nothing rattles when the board is carried. 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Each piece is an openwork casting in a gold-tone bronze finish — lattice bodies, crowned kings, horse-head knights — set on a turned base, pale for one army and dark for the other. The lattice on the frame runs edge to edge with the stars breaking it at the corners, the coordinates sit in brass discs, and the outline waves in scallops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handles are cut clean through both ends, so a full-size board still lifts like a case and folds to half its width on bronze hinges. 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The walnut is left pale and unstained, the squares are inlaid in darker walnut and pale maple, the coordinates are cut in line work beside them inside a fine scored border, and the only shaping is the wave of the outline and the two handles. The pieces are cast in openwork metal, small and dense, worked all over with pierced and beaded surfaces — gold on one side, black on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShut, the handles meet and the board carries like a small case; open it the other way and both halves are lined in black felt for the metal. 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Each oval panel is cut as strips passing over and under each other with a stippled ground in the gaps, the corner sprays of leaf and wheat stand in relief, and the outline waves in scallops between them. The squares are inlaid pale and dark with the coordinates on brass discs, and the 32 pieces are turned with fine carved detail, pale on one side and dark on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth handles are cut straight through the frame, so a full-size board still lifts like a case, and it folds to half its width on bronze hinges over two felt-lined wells that keep the pieces from knocking together. 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Twelve straight sides make the disc, the square field sits in the middle with its coordinates on brass discs, and everything outside it is a fine diamond net with a dot punched at every crossing. The arms — eagle and lion holding the shield with Ararat on it — are a small cast disc sunk into a round recess at each end, facing each player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are cast in bronze as busts, faces and helmets and manes, each on a turned wooden base, pale for one army and dark for the other, and they weigh what metal weighs. 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The board sits in the middle of the disc with its coordinates on brass discs, the net round it is a fine diamond lattice with a dot at every crossing, and the arms — eagle and lion holding the shield — are a small cast disc in a round recess at each end. The pieces carry ribbed bodies and maned knights, pale wood for one army and deep red-brown for the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBronze hinges fold the disc into a half-round and clasps hold it shut; the reverse opens onto two wells of black felt where the carved army lies between games. 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The lattice is a fine net with a dot punched at every crossing, running from the brass coordinate discs out to the twelve-sided rim, and the eagle — two heads, three crowns, sceptre and orb — is a small cast disc sunk into a round recess at each end, facing each player. The 32 pieces are turned in amber wood and dark, tall enough for squares this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo bronze hinges take the fold, turning the disc into a half-round that shuts on clasps, and each half inside is a well of black felt where the pieces lie between games. 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The board is 50 × 50 cm \/ 19.6″ × 19.6″, handmade in Armenia from beech and stained walnut brown, with 32 wooden chess pieces in a fitted tray and a carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the wooden chess set for the table you keep set up. The scrolls run the full way round the frame, cut deep enough to throw a shadow, with a dotted ground between the leaves, and the twin peaks stand in relief in the band above the handle with rays around them. The coordinates are carved beside the squares, and the edge is shaped in scallops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it on the bronze clasps and every piece has its own slot in a black fitted tray, so a king never rolls loose. The 32 pieces are turned in light and dark wood. 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The acanthus stands off a stippled ground in the round, fronds overlapping along every side and rolling round the handles, out to a waved edge; the field is plain inlaid squares with brass discs for the coordinates. The pieces are cast bronze pierced right through, each on a turned base, pale for one army and dark for the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and the backgammon field is inside: pale points on a dark ground, a four-lobed knot in pale wood at the centre of each half, the handles showing as lifting slots in the end rails. 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Most of the frame is left smooth so the grain shows; the carving is kept to the corners, where a leafy scroll curls in line work, and to the arch above the handle, where the twin peaks stand in relief with rays cut around them. A single carved line follows the wavy edge all the way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, both halves are lined with black velvet, so the pieces ride without a scratch. The 32 chess pieces are turned in light and dark wood. 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The fruit stands well off a stippled ground — grapes in full bunches down each side, leaves curling between them, a pomegranate in each lower corner — and the peaks rise at the top and bottom edge with their snow in the pale wood. The coordinates sit on brass discs beside the inlaid maple and walnut squares, and the edge waves in scallops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handles are cut clean through the wood at both ends, so the board lifts like a case; inside, both halves are lined in black felt for the pieces. 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Scrolls and leaves run round the whole frame in relief over a dotted ground, the peaks stand out in the arch above the handle with rays around them, and the coordinates are carved beside the squares. The edge is cut in scallops that follow the scrolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, a black fitted tray holds every one of the 32 pieces in its own slot — kings, knights and pawns turned in light and dark wood. Close the bronze clasps, take the handle and it goes to the next house in one hand. 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Nothing is scaled down but the size: the blue is poured square by square and polished level with the wood, the coordinates are carved into the pale band beside the field, and the stippling runs right round the edge. The 32 pieces are turned in two woods with felt under every base, so they sit quietly on the resin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt folds in half on bronze hinges, shuts on a clasp, and the inside is lined in black felt with room for all the pieces. 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The chessboard covers both outer faces, so closed it is a slim case with a brass clasp at the front, half the board on top and half underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are turned wood, sixteen pale and sixteen dark-stained, the kings tipped with a contrasting finial and sized to the small squares. Under the lid the board opens to a second field cut in line work — cross-hatched points with arrow tips and a sun wheel in a scroll ring on each half — with a trough along each end. 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The grapes hang in full round clusters at the corners and along the sides, with veined leaves and winding tendrils between them, all standing off a hand-punched ground out to an edge that waves in scallops. The green squares are separate marbled pours polished level with the pale wood; the coordinates sit on brass discs, and the pieces are turned in pale wood and dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the lid is the surprise: the inside is cut as a backgammon field in line work with the map of Armenia drawn in each half, its provinces named in Armenian script. The set ships with the chess pieces only. 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The squares are big enough for the pieces to stand clear of each other, the blue is poured square by square and polished flush with the pale wood, and the coordinates sit in brass discs along the inner edge. Round that, the lilies stand in an unbroken band on all four sides, with a leaf scroll filling each corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePale, unstained and square-edged, the board halves on bronze hinges and shuts on two clasps. Turn it over and open it and you find a backgammon field carved into the inside — points in line-work, a sun wheel in each half. 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Each red square is its own pour, clouding between scarlet and brick and polished flush with the beech; the frame is narrow and straight, with brass discs for the coordinates and a scored line for a border. The pieces are turned in pale wood, both armies alike, told apart by their cast bronze tops — crowns, horse heads and towers, gold on one side and darkened on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and there is a second field cut in line work under the lid — lattice-filled points, a sun wheel in each half — waiting for checkers of your own; the chess pieces are what ship with it. 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Each turquoise square is its own pour, swirling between sea-blue and green and polished level with the wood; the frame carries a stippled band beside each handle, brass discs for the coordinates and an edge that waves in scallops. The pieces have ribbed and leaf-cut bodies, crowned kings and queens and knights with a full mane, pale wood for one side and dark for the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShut, the two handles meet and a full-size board lifts in one hand; open it the other way and both halves are lined in black felt for the pieces. 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Each teal square is its own pour, swirling between sea-green and turquoise and polished level with the beech, and the frame round it is left plain but for a scored line and the brass coordinate discs. The pieces are cast in openwork metal, small and dense, worked all over with pierced and beaded surfaces, gold on one side and black on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a slim pale case on one clasp; opened the other way, each half is a well of black felt where the metal army lies flat and silent between games. 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The twin peaks rise under a line of cloud at each end, their snow picked out in pale wood, with a grape bunch, a vine leaf and a pomegranate carved into the corners on a stippled ground; the edge waves in scallops and the coordinates sit on brass discs. The figures are cast full-length in metal, one side gold-toned and the other darkened, on round cast bases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the lid the second game is laid out in line work — points running to a sun wheel in each half — with the checkers and dice ready in the troughs, and the handles come through the end rails as lifting slots. 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