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In Armenia this game is nardi, played everywhere by everyone, and this is nardi dressed for the occasion — a luxury Armenian backgammon board that looks as good closed on a shelf as it does open with the checkers out and an argument already underway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with brass fittings, hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut and beech with green and turquoise epoxy resin\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\u003eThe coat of arms of Armenia hand-carved into warm walnut at the centre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled green and turquoise resin panels fanning out around it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep zigzag carving and carved spiral corners framing the case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board finished to be seen from both sides of the room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Heritage and Colour\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the household that wants the emblem without the formality. 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Zigzag carving and carved spiral corners close the case at the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a bold way to treat the arevakhach, and it works because the symbol can take it. The sign has meant continuity for well over a thousand years; putting it at the centre of something jewel-bright and modern says that continuity is not the same as being old-fashioned. The blue is marbled rather than flat, so it moves as you move, and the carved wood around it stays matte and quiet by contrast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the clasps, let the hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is inside. This is a luxury backgammon set that genuinely works both ways — as good closed on a shelf, where the blue does its work from across the room, as it is open on a table with the checkers out and somebody complaining about the dice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with brass fittings, hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech and walnut with blue epoxy resin\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\u003eThe eternity sign carved deep at the centre with blue resin panels fanning out around it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled resin that shifts as you move, against matte carved wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZigzag carving and carved spiral corners framing the case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board that works closed on a shelf and open on a table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Means Continuity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arevakhach is what Armenians carve when they mean something lasts. Give this at a wedding or an anniversary and the symbol does the talking — then the board does everything else, most weekends, for years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189553984,"sku":"103635","price":2009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1776161680656.jpg?v=1788438424"},{"product_id":"green-river-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Emerald River","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Emerald River\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHold this one under a lamp and you can see into it. The emerald epoxy running between the live-edge walnut slabs is translucent rather than solid, so the light goes down into the resin and comes back up again — deep green in the wide stretches, almost clear where the river narrows against the bark line. It behaves exactly the way real water does over a stony bed, which is why nobody who picks this board up puts it down quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything about the construction is deliberate. Two slabs of walnut, natural edges left intact, set apart at the distance the tree itself decided; emerald resin poured into the gap; the whole thing ground flat and polished until wood and resin are one continuous surface. The knots and figure that most workshops cut out are the whole point here — they are what the river flows around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is inside, ready for a game five thousand years older than the technique that made the lid. That is a good tension to own: the oldest game in the world on the most modern surface the workshop knows how to build. 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It will be the most looked-at object in the room, and it will still be getting used a decade from now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189586752,"sku":"0026-BG","price":2409.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1727506037626.jpg?v=1788438426"},{"product_id":"turquoise-river-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Turquoise River","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Turquoise River\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe banks of this river were decided by a tree, not by a person. That is the whole principle of river work: you take two live-edge slabs of walnut, set them apart exactly as the wood's natural edge falls, and pour resin into the gap between them. Nobody draws the shape. The turquoise epoxy on this board found its own course, wandering where the bark line wandered, narrow in some places and wide in others, and there is no way to make a second one that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it work at this level is the walnut on either side. Every knot, burl and streak of figure has been kept rather than cut away — the wild parts of the plank, the sections most workshops discard — and the translucent turquoise runs between them like meltwater through rock. Ground flat and polished, the whole top becomes one plane you can play on, and it changes completely depending on whether the light comes from a window or a lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. The clasps release, the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting inside. 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It is the largest country on earth, and here it fits under one hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen is an inspired choice for it — not the blue of an ocean but the colour of forest, which is what most of that map actually is. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is underneath, ready for the game that fills Russian kitchens, dachas and courtyards from one end of the map to the other. 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The game itself has never needed a translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189750592,"sku":"103763","price":1159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1714992398273.jpg?v=1788438430"},{"product_id":"green-epoxy-chess-and-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Chess Backgammon Set - Green Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess Backgammon Set - Green Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a chessboard. Sixty-four squares, half of them poured in glossy green epoxy resin and half left as bare wood, framed by carved basket-weave panels that run right around the edge. Open it and the whole thing turns into a backgammon board. Two games, one object, and no argument about which of them the evening is going to be — because it can be both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the practical genius of a chess and backgammon set, and this one is built at the top of the range: 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb of solid beech and walnut, with the resin ground flush so the chess squares are perfectly level to play on rather than merely to look at. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field is waiting inside. 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It is the sort of surface people put a hand flat on without meaning to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a nice joke buried in it. Backgammon is played on every one of those continents, under a different name in almost all of them — nardi, nardy, tavla, sheshbesh, shesh besh, and a dozen more — and it has been for thousands of years. So the map is not decoration; it is a fair description of the game's territory. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is there. Carry this wooden backgammon board in by its carved handle and add one more table to the map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a carved cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech and walnut with maple inlay and epoxy resin\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\u003eEvery continent inlaid by hand in warm maple, cut to shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue and teal epoxy oceans that swirl and shift with the light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own carved carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury wooden backgammon board that is genuinely a piece of art as well as a set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Traveller\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the friend who is always about to go somewhere, or the one who came from somewhere far and made a home here. They will find their own country on the lid within about four seconds — everybody does.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189881664,"sku":"103704","price":1159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1700559948447.jpg?v=1788438436"},{"product_id":"wheat-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Wheat in Amber Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Wheat in Amber Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose are real ears of wheat. Not carved, not printed — actual heads of grain, laid out in a flowing herringbone across the lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set and sealed under clear amber epoxy resin, every husk and whisker still exactly where it grew. Somebody harvested them, arranged them by hand, and then stopped time on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWheat is the oldest thing people farm and the first thing they ever put on a table, which makes it a quietly perfect subject for a board that will spend its life on one. The amber gives it the look of something preserved rather than decorated — closer to a specimen than an ornament. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is underneath in solid walnut. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this wooden backgammon board has weight to match the idea, and no two boards will ever hold the same harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with amber epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eReal ears of wheat set by hand and sealed under clear amber epoxy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArranged in a flowing herringbone across the whole lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA glass-smooth surface with the grain visible right through it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board holding an actual harvest, one of a kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift About Plenty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWheat has meant a full house for as long as anyone has been wishing each other well. Give this at a housewarming or a wedding and the meaning arrives without a card — along with something to do after dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189947200,"sku":"103716","price":1049.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697543254061.jpg?v=1788438440"},{"product_id":"wood-slice-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Wood Slice Mosaic","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Wood Slice Mosaic\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery one of those little rounds is a cross-section of a real branch, and every one of them has its own rings. Count them and you are counting actual years. Dozens of them are set across the lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set, cast into dark epoxy resin and ground back to a single smooth plane, so the whole surface is a mosaic of end grain — pale hearts, dark bark edges, no two the same, because branches do not grow to a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the most natural-looking board the workshop makes and, oddly, one of the most technical: the resin has to fill every gap around every round without a single bubble, and the whole thing has to come back flat. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting in walnut. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this is a serious wooden backgammon board, and it brings the woodland into a room without a single carved leaf on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eDozens of real branch cross-sections set into dark epoxy resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround back to one smooth plane — end grain and resin flush together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuinely one of a kind: no two branches, and no two boards, are the same\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board with a woodland surface and no carving at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Who Likes Real Things\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo emblem, no pattern, nothing designed — just actual wood, arranged. 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On the closed lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set they appear in the newest medium yet — every letter inlaid in vivid blue epoxy resin, glowing against the dark walnut like text on a lightbox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the thing about a good alphabet: the shapes do not care what they are made of. A Yerevan schoolchild would read this lid instantly and never think twice about the resin. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is underneath, ready for a game that is older than the letters above it. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this is a substantial wooden backgammon board, and the alphabet makes it the one people stop at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with blue epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eThe complete Armenian alphabet inlaid letter by letter in blue epoxy resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet into solid walnut, so the letters read like lit text against the dark wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 kg \/ 13.2 lb, with resin poured flush into the surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board that is a cultural keepsake and a working set at once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Family That Reads\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiaspora parents buy this kind of thing for a reason. A child who cannot yet read Armenian will still trace those letters with a finger while waiting for their turn — and that is how it starts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190078272,"sku":"103712","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697542369549.jpg?v=1788438444"},{"product_id":"blue-diamond-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Blue Epoxy Diamonds","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Blue Epoxy Diamonds\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiamonds of deep blue epoxy alternate with diamonds of warm walnut right across the closed lid of this luxury backgammon set, edge to edge, in a harlequin pattern that is really the same idea as the board waiting inside: two colours, alternating, playing against each other. The resin sits flush with the wood, so the whole surface is one clean plane and the pattern lives in colour alone rather than in relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a genuinely modern-looking object, which is unusual in a workshop that mostly carves saints and mountains — and it is a useful thing to own for exactly that reason. Not every room wants a monastery on the table. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, blue points running down the walnut. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this wooden backgammon board has serious presence, and no two of them are ever the same, because resin never pours twice the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with blue epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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 and walnut diamonds alternating across the whole closed lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResin set flush with the wood — one clean plane, colour doing all the work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 kg \/ 13.2 lb of solid walnut with real presence on a table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board where no two pours are ever identical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Modern Room\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person whose flat is all clean lines and who would never hang an icon. 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The tree of life spreads right across the closed walnut lid of this luxury backgammon set, its branches filled with rich green epoxy resin that sits somewhere between moss and bottle glass, catching light along the edges where the resin meets the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also has a cut-out carry handle, which changes what the board is for. A tree of life is a symbol about family and continuity, and this one is built to be carried to wherever the family actually is — a sister's kitchen, a grandfather's balcony, somebody's new flat. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is there in the same dark walnut. Pick this wooden backgammon board up by the handle and the symbol travels with you, which is more than most heirlooms manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with green epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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 tree of life carved into solid walnut and filled with deep green epoxy resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBranches spreading right across the closed lid, edge to edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board where every resin pour is unrepeatable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Goes Visiting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it to the person everybody else's family ends up at. 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Against the warm dark walnut, the blue is the only cool thing on the board, and it wins your attention immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tree of life is the oldest thing Armenians carve, and it usually turns up in browns and golds. Seeing it in this colour is a jolt, in the good way — the symbol is ancient and the treatment is not, which is exactly the sort of contradiction that makes people pick a board up. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting in the same walnut. A luxury wooden backgammon board that looks like nothing else on the shelf, and plays like every good board should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with blue epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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 tree of life carved into solid walnut and filled with deep blue epoxy resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe branches read clearly from right across a room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery pour is its own — no two of these boards are identical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board that treats an ancient symbol in a modern way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone With Their Own Taste\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person whose house does not match anybody else's. 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The effect is closer to a window than a carving, and floral scrollwork runs around it to the edge to hold the whole thing together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCutting a lattice through solid walnut is not a forgiving job: every strand has to hold once the wood around it is gone, and one over-cut ruins the panel. What you get for that risk is a board that changes completely with the light — deep and quiet by day, lit from within under a lamp. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing, and inside is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in the same dark walnut. It is a wooden backgammon board people notice from the doorway and keep looking at once they have sat down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with blue epoxy resin, bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eOpenwork carving — the lattice is cut through the wood, not into its surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue epoxy resin set beneath, so the pattern reads from across the room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloral scrollwork carried around the panel to the edge of the lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board in the heaviest, darkest wood the workshop uses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Board to Keep\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoards like this get put on the table and left there. It plays as well as it looks, and it will comfortably outlast everyone who plays on it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190307648,"sku":"103257","price":939.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4598.jpg?v=1788438452"},{"product_id":"bronze-tree-of-life-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Bronze Tree of Life Carved Backgammon Board","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBronze Tree of Life Carved Backgammon Board\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA carved tree stays in leaf forever. A bronze one keeps its harvest too. At the centre of this luxury backgammon set the tree of life is worked in bronze and pale wood, hung with coral-red fruit that will be exactly as ripe in thirty years as it is today, with two smaller bronze trees set either side and the whole field behind them hand-cut into fine cross-hatching so nothing competes with the metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bronze does not stop at the carving. There is an ornate cast handle along the top edge, bronze hardware throughout, and — unusually — bronze in the checkers themselves, so half the pieces have real weight when you set them down. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this is a substantial object, and lifting it by that handle is the moment most people understand what they are holding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. The clasps release, the hinges swing, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field arrives underneath all that ceremony. That is the pleasure of a board at this level: it looks like something that should live on a sideboard, and it turns out to be the best thing in the house to actually play on. The tree of life is Armenia's oldest promise about continuity — this one simply keeps it in metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and an ornate bronze carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech wood and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\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 bronze tree of life with coral-red fruit, flanked by two smaller bronze trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ornate cast bronze carry handle — made to be admired, not just used\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheckers in beech and bronze, with real weight in the hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board finished to the same standard on every surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Ends the Search\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board for the person who already owns a good one. They will notice the handle first, the bronze checkers second, and keep finding things in the carving for years after that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190438720,"sku":"103936","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1772008684882.jpg?v=1788438456"},{"product_id":"vahanavank-monastery-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set - Vahanavank in the Vineyards","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set - Vahanavank in the Vineyards\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo tones of wood do the work on this one. The Vahanavank monastery is cut in the paler wood so it lifts clear of the darker mountains behind it, and around the whole scene the carver has run trailing grapevines heavy with clusters — which is not a decorative choice so much as a geographical one. Syunik has been growing wine for as long as it has been building churches, and on this handmade Armenian backgammon set the two share a lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonks were among the best winemakers Armenia ever had, and nobody in the region finds that remarkable in the least. The vine and the monastery have always been neighbours. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field completes the set of Armenian evening essentials: something to drink, something to argue about, and somewhere to do both. Carry this hand-carved wooden backgammon board in by its cut-out handle and let the night take its course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eThe Vahanavank monastery carved in two tones of wood so it lifts clear of the mountains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailing grapevines and clusters cut around the whole scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board where the church and the vineyard share the lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For the Table\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it to whoever hosts. It arrives looking like heritage and behaves like hospitality — which, in Armenia, has never been much of a distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190504256,"sku":"103937","price":409.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1772008204024.jpg?v=1788438458"},{"product_id":"vahanavank-monastery-mountain-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set - Vahanavank Monastery","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set - Vahanavank Monastery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotice what the carver decided was the subject here. The monastery is there — Vahanavank, tenth century, standing in Syunik — but it is small, and the mountains behind it are not. Rolling ridge after ridge fills most of the lid of this handmade Armenian backgammon set, carved in relief with the buildings set into them like something the landscape allowed rather than something imposed on it. A finely cross-hatched border frames the whole scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has driven through Syunik will tell you that is the honest proportion. The mountains there do win; the monasteries simply found the right places to stand. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is underneath, where the proportions are entirely up to you and the dice. Carry this hand-carved wooden backgammon board in by its cut-out handle and set it down — a luxury backgammon set that brings a whole region to the table, not just a building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze hinges and clasps\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 mountain landscape carved by hand, with the Vahanavank monastery set into it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA finely cross-hatched border cut around the whole scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board that carves a region rather than a monument\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone From Syunik\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr for anyone who has taken that road south and not stopped talking about it since. The mountains on the lid will start the conversation; the board will keep everyone at the table for the rest of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190569792,"sku":"103938","price":459.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1772008338294.jpg?v=1788438460"},{"product_id":"georgian-cross-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Georgian Walnut Backgammon Set - Five Cross Flag","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGeorgian Walnut Backgammon Set - Five Cross Flag\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cross belongs to Georgia. The fruit belongs to the whole Caucasus. On this handmade Georgian backgammon set the five-fold cross of the national flag is carved deep into solid walnut at the centre, and around it the carver has run vines, grape clusters and pomegranates — the harvest symbols you will find on both sides of every border in this part of the world, cut here into braided frames that run right to the edge of the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat combination says something true about the region: the emblems differ and the tables do not. Walnut suits it — dark, close-grained, the wood masters keep for their best work, and deep enough to hold relief that still reads clearly ten years from now. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is where the shared part happens: two people, a pair of dice, and an argument that would sound exactly the same in either language. 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That is the risk with a board this good, and everybody who has ever carried one into a Georgian house already knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190766400,"sku":"100299","price":599.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1762854515889.jpg?v=1788438466"},{"product_id":"georgian-coat-of-arms-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Georgian Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Georgian Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the top of the shield: there is a crown up there. Georgia has not had a king in a very long time, and the crown stayed on the emblem anyway — not as a claim, but as a memory the country decided was worth keeping. On this luxury walnut backgammon set the full coat of arms is carved in deep relief, Saint George riding beneath that crown, with the five-fold Georgian cross beside it and grapevines wound around them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut is the right wood for something a nation kept on purpose. It is darker and denser than beech, it holds a fine edge without crumbling, and it deepens rather than fades with the years — which is more or less what the emblem has done. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears underneath. The crown on the lid is permanent; the one at your table changes hands most evenings, usually with a good deal of noise. 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Scrollwork runs out symmetrically across the lid, the field behind it is cut into fine cross-hatching, and then right at the centre the carver stopped and left a smooth oval of bare wood — deliberately, and with the confidence it takes to leave a gap in the middle of your own work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is there for a name. A wedding date, a set of initials, the year somebody retired: this hand-carved wooden backgammon board arrives finished and still unfinished, waiting for whatever you decide belongs at the centre of it. Or leave it exactly as it is — a plain oval surrounded by all that pattern reads as calm rather than empty. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is ready either way. Carry it in by the cut-out handle and let the person you are giving it to decide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymmetrical scrollwork carved by hand across the whole lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-cut cross-hatched field behind it, right out to the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA smooth central oval left bare — ready for a name, a date or nothing at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury wooden backgammon board that can be made personal without being altered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift You Can Finish Yourself\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost gifts arrive complete. 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The tree makes the point better than any speech, and then the game gets everyone to the same table anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098191290688,"sku":"0028","price":1849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1760435413885.jpg?v=1788438480"},{"product_id":"fish-scale-engraved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Fish Scales","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Fish Scales\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRows of overlapping arcs, cut by hand across the whole walnut surface, each one lapping over the one below it. It is one of the oldest ornaments there is — the same shape people have carved onto armour, roof tiles and pottery for thousands of years — and it earned that longevity honestly, because overlapping is how things stay protected. Every scale on this luxury walnut backgammon set covers the join beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is a fair description of the game inside, if you think about it: you stack your checkers so each one covers the next, and the player who leaves a gap pays for it. Run a hand across the closed lid and you can feel every row — walnut takes this kind of shallow, endless carving better than any other wood, holding a soft sheen where the light crosses the arcs. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting, plain and generous after all that texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut, with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn all-over fish-scale relief carved by hand from edge to edge in solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverlapping arcs that catch the light in rows as you move around the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tactile closed lid — the kind of surface people reach out and touch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board that is quiet from a distance and remarkable up close\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Without a Theme\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo emblem, no mountain, nothing to match to the recipient's politics or hometown. Just an enormous amount of careful hand work on very good wood — which suits almost everybody, and offends absolutely nobody.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098191356224,"sku":"102308","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1760434188487.jpg?v=1788438482"},{"product_id":"diamond-engraved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Diamonds","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Diamonds\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery surface of this board is covered. Rows of raised diamonds run edge to edge across the walnut, each one cut by hand, each one meeting its neighbours exactly — and that is the whole difficulty of it. A single pattern repeated hundreds of times has nowhere to hide: get one diamond a fraction wide and the eye finds it immediately, from across a room, without knowing why. Nothing on this luxury walnut backgammon set is left plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you get for that discipline is a board that changes with the light. Move around it and the raised faces catch and release, so the whole lid seems to shift while standing perfectly still — walnut does this better than any other wood the workshop uses. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, calm and open after all that geometry. 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When the Armenian epic of Sassoun needed a name for its strongest son, it did not name him after a sword or a kingdom or a father. It named him after the animal he beat: Mher the Lion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe epithet outlived the deed, which is what happens to the very best of them. A thousand years later Armenians still teach children the name, and most of them could not tell you the details of the fight — only that there was a man, and there was a lion, and afterwards there was one word for both. Carving that on a board means carving the lion alone and trusting people to know the rest. In walnut, the darkest and least forgiving wood in the workshop, the carver has done exactly that: no explanation, no inscription, just the face and the weight of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. The clasps release, the bronze hinges swing back, and beneath all that legend is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field where the fights are considerably smaller and happen every evening. That is the pleasure of a luxury walnut backgammon board at this level — it can carry a national epic on the lid and still be the thing your family actually plays on. 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This is their board — and the lion on the lid will make the case far better than anyone at the table could.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098192601408,"sku":"103855","price":2189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1745996837956.jpg?v=1788438512"},{"product_id":"deluxe-map-of-georgia-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Georgian Backgammon Set - Map of Georgia in Vine and Blossom","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGeorgian Backgammon Set - Map of Georgia in Vine and Blossom\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe country is carved small and everything around it is carved generously. On this handmade Georgian backgammon set the map sits in pale relief at the centre with its name lettered in Georgian, and then the border takes over: grapevines running the whole way round, blossoms opening between them, heavy clusters of grapes hanging where the vine turns. It is the richest frame in the Georgian range, and it is doing something specific — putting the country inside its own harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is not decoration for its own sake. Georgia has been making wine for eight thousand years, longer than anywhere on earth, and a Georgian will tell you so before the second toast. Carving the map into a wreath of vines is simply the truth arranged nicely. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting for the part of the evening that follows the toasts. Carry this luxury backgammon set in by its cut-out handle and put it down where the table is longest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map of Georgia carved in pale relief with its name in Georgian script\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full border of hand-carved grapevines, blossoms and grape clusters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Georgian backgammon board with the most generous carving in the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For the Head of the Table\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it to the person who makes the toasts — the one who can hold a room for four minutes and then sit straight back down and win three games. The vines on this board are entirely their language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098192666944,"sku":"0027","price":409.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1745997210581.jpg?v=1788438514"},{"product_id":"haghartsin-monastery-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Haghartsin Monastery","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Haghartsin Monastery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaghartsin is the one you come upon rather than arrive at. It stands in the forest above Dilijan, and the trees are so close that you are almost at the walls before the 13th-century monastery resolves itself out of the green. That is what this luxury walnut backgammon set carves: the clustered domes and steep roofs of Haghartsin, cut in deep relief, with trailing grapevines and heavy grape clusters winding around it — the forest doing what the forest actually does there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut is the right wood for it. Dilijan is all shade and old growth, and walnut carries that same deep brown quiet; the carving reads differently at noon than it does under a lamp, which is exactly how the building behaves among its trees. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting underneath — rather less contemplative, considerably louder, and just as Armenian. 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Give this to one of them and they will start again — which is fine, because the board opens and the game gives them something to do while they finish the story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098192961856,"sku":"102589","price":469.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1745995569502.jpg?v=1788438521"},{"product_id":"geghard-monastery-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Geghard and Grapevines","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Geghard and Grapevines\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeghard means spear. The monastery took its name from the Holy Lance that was kept there for centuries, which makes it the fiercest name in Armenian Christianity — and the carver of this luxury walnut backgammon set has wrapped it in grapevines. Trailing vines and heavy grape clusters run right around the carved facade, cut deep into the walnut, softening a building that was quite literally hacked out of the side of a mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat contradiction is very Armenian and completely deliberate. The monastery is half masonry, half living rock; the vines are the gentlest thing anyone could put around it; and both belong to the same gorge, where the church and the vineyards have shared a valley for a very long time. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is there — walnut giving the whole board that deep, unhurried colour it only gets with age and good carving. 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Then pour something red, because the board is already suggesting it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098193125696,"sku":"100012","price":469.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1745995261040.jpg?v=1788438525"},{"product_id":"armenian-alphabet-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Alphabet","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Alphabet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a letter. Not a monogram. The whole alphabet — all thirty-nine of them, in order, master-carved in deep relief across the walnut lid of this Armenian backgammon set. Which means, if you want to think about it that way, that every Armenian word ever written is somewhere on this board already: every name, every prayer, every letter home, every argument, all of it in pieces waiting to be assembled. Mesrop Mashtots set those shapes down in 405 AD and nobody has needed to improve them since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarving them is a different order of difficulty from carving an eagle. A pattern repeats and forgives; letters do not. There are thirty-nine separate problems here, each one a shape that every single Armenian alive knows by heart, and any one of them cut a millimetre wrong would be spotted instantly by a child. The carver worked them into walnut, the darkest and least forgiving wood in the workshop, and let the deep relief throw its own shadow so the letters lift off the ground the way ink lifts off a page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. The clasps release, the bronze hinges swing, and underneath the entire written history of a language is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field where two people will spend the evening saying most of those words out loud. That is the pleasure of this luxury walnut backgammon board: it is a serious object about a serious thing, and it exists to be used by a family that will teach the next one to read those letters anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut, with bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eThe complete Armenian alphabet — all thirty-nine letters — master-carved in deep relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut into solid walnut, the wood the workshop keeps for its best work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved border framing the whole composition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board built on the single thing Armenians never lost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Family That Reads\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it to the grandparents who taught the alphabet, or to the parents about to. Somebody small will eventually stand at the table and read the letters off the lid one at a time, out loud, slowly — and that will be worth more than the game played on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098193256768,"sku":"103311","price":1659.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1744626088157.jpg?v=1788438528"},{"product_id":"sameba-cathedral-of-tbilisi-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Georgian Backgammon Set - Sameba Cathedral of Tbilisi","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGeorgian Backgammon Set - Sameba Cathedral of Tbilisi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSameba means Trinity, and Georgians rarely bother with the longer name. The cathedral rises at the centre of this handmade Georgian backgammon set, hand-carved in relief — the stacked tiers, the tall gold-domed tower, the whole deliberate climb of it — with a cast bronze roundel set on either side and the field around it worked into fine cross-hatching so the metal is the only thing that shines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a building designed to be seen from a distance, and this board treats it the same way: the carving sits proud enough that you can read the silhouette from across a room. Then the clasps come open, the bronze hinges swing, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field arrives with rather different intentions — nardi is not a reverent game, and Tbilisi has never pretended otherwise. Carry this luxury backgammon set in by its cut-out handle and let the evening get loud under a very serious skyline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sameba Cathedral carved by hand in relief, tier by tier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo cast bronze roundels flanking it on a hand-cut cross-hatched field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Georgian backgammon board with the capital's tallest landmark on the lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift From Tbilisi\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the friend who took you there, the relative who never left, or the household that measures every skyline against that one hill. It arrives looking like a keepsake and then quietly becomes the board everyone reaches for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098193289536,"sku":"103811","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1729854000613.jpg?v=1788438530"},{"product_id":"bronze-wolf-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Backgammon Set Hand Carved - Wolf and Bronze Stars","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBackgammon Set Hand Carved - Wolf and Bronze Stars\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wolf is carved into the wood; the stars are cast in bronze. That is the whole composition, and it works because of the contrast — a warm matte animal held in relief at the centre of the lid, and two points of hard bright metal set either side of it, with the entire field around them hand-cut into fine cross-hatching so nothing else in the picture reflects anything at all. Look at it under a lamp and the stars come on first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has walked in mountains after dark knows why those two things belong together. The wolf works the night shift; the stars are simply what is up there while it does. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is ready for players who keep similar hours — the ones who say one more game at eleven and mean three. This is a luxury backgammon set with real metal in it, and it carries to the table by its own cut-out handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA wolf carved by hand in deep relief, flanked by two cast bronze stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-cut cross-hatched field so the bronze carries all the light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury wooden backgammon board with genuine metal, not painted detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For the Night Player\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome people are sharpest after everyone else has gone to bed. This is their board — and the wolf on the lid will not judge them for starting another game at midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098193355072,"sku":"103176","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1736928193639.jpg?v=1788438533"},{"product_id":"ornate-rosette-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set - Ornament and Carved Panels","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set - Ornament and Carved Panels\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carver did not treat this lid as one surface. He divided it — a bold ornament cut deep at the centre, and around it separate panels of interlaced carving, each one worked to its own edges and finished on its own terms. It is the way Armenian church facades have been organised for centuries: not one continuous pattern, but a set of framed compartments that add up to something larger than any of them. On a board this size, that is what makes a 23.6\" lid feel like a much bigger object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook closely and you will notice that no two panels behave identically — they rhyme rather than repeat, which is the difference between a pattern that was carved and one that was printed. This is a luxury backgammon set with a lot of hours visibly in it. Then the clasps come open, the bronze hinges swing, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears: a plain, generous field, all that ornament shut safely underneath while two people get on with the argument. 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They will find the centre first, then the panels, then the small differences between them — and by that point somebody else will have set up the checkers and started asking whether they intend to play or just admire it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098193518912,"sku":"101999","price":559.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1721985325166.jpg?v=1788438538"},{"product_id":"bronze-ornament-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Flower Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Flower Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no story on this board. No emblem, no mountain, no saint, nothing to explain to anyone — and that is exactly the point. A single flower is cut deep into the centre of the lid, petal by petal, with a cast bronze roundel set on either side of it and the whole surrounding field worked by hand into fine cross-hatching. Every decision the carver made here was about beauty on its own terms, with nothing to hide behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ornate bronze handle along the top edge is the last stroke of the same idea: it does a job, but it was clearly made to be admired while doing it. At 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb this is a substantial piece of work, and it announces itself the moment it comes into a room. Then the clasps release, the bronze hinges swing, and underneath all of that is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field — a luxury backgammon set that never forgets it is also a wooden backgammon board meant to be played on, most evenings, by people who are not being careful with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and an ornate bronze carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\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 deeply carved flower ornament at the centre, cut petal by petal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo cast bronze roundels either side and an ornate bronze carry handle above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-cut cross-hatched field so the bronze carries all the light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board where the carving is the whole subject\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Nothing to Explain\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmblems are wonderful when they fit the person and awkward when they do not. This board fits anyone: it is simply very good carving and very good metal, and it will suit a study, a sitting room or a long kitchen table equally well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098194010432,"sku":"103760","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1709807531473.jpg?v=1788438555"},{"product_id":"georgian-coat-of-arms-bronze-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Georgian Backgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGeorgian Backgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handle changes what an object is. Fit an ornate bronze one along the top edge, as this handmade Georgian backgammon set has, and the board stops being furniture and starts being something you bring. That matters in Georgia, where nobody plays where they live — they play where the table is longest and the evening runs latest. A board with a handle like this one is a board that gets invited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it brings with it is worth the trip. The coat of arms of Georgia is carved into the centre in deep relief — Saint George on his horse in the shield, a lion standing either side, the crown above — with a cast bronze roundel set on each flank so the metal runs all the way across the lid. It weighs 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb, which you feel the moment you lift it and forget the moment you open it: the clasps release, the bronze hinges swing, and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field with the checkers waiting. 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They will carry it in by the bronze, put it down in the middle of the table, and not have to say a word about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098194075968,"sku":"103759","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1709807400011.jpg?v=1788438557"},{"product_id":"bronze-pomegranate-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set - Pomegranate in Bronze","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set - Pomegranate in Bronze\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenians give pomegranates the way other people give flowers, and for the same reason: it is a wish, not a decoration. On this handmade Armenian backgammon set the fruit sits at the centre of the lid in bronze and carved wood, split just enough to show what it is famous for, with a smaller bronze pomegranate set either side of it. The whole field behind them is hand-cut into fine cross-hatching, so the metal is the only thing on the board that catches light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the symbol actually means is plenty — a full house, a full table, more than enough to go round. Which makes it a slightly funny thing to put on a game where the entire object is to take everything and leave your opponent with nothing. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field settles that contradiction the honest way. This is a luxury backgammon set that looks generous and plays ruthless, and it travels to the table by its own cut-out handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\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 pomegranate in bronze and carved wood at the centre, with two smaller bronze fruits beside it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-cut cross-hatched field so the bronze carries all the light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury Armenian backgammon board built on the country's warmest symbol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Traditional Gift, Made Permanent\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenians hand pomegranates to newlyweds and to anyone moving into a new home. This one will not go soft in a bowl by the window — it stays exactly as full as the day you gave it, and it comes with something to do all evening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098194207040,"sku":"103276","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705483127512.jpg?v=1788438562"},{"product_id":"silver-inlay-ornament-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Silver Inlay Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Silver Inlay Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInlay is a completely different craft from carving, and much less forgiving. Carving removes wood and you can work your way out of a slip. Inlay means cutting a channel to an exact width and laying real silver into it — a fraction too wide and the metal sits loose, a fraction too narrow and it will not seat at all. There is no second attempt on a line once it is cut. The ornament at the centre of this board, and the fine silver threading that follows it, were done that way, by hand, one channel at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut is the only sensible wood to do it in. Silver needs darkness behind it or the line disappears, and walnut is the deepest brown in the workshop — so every silver stroke reads sharp and bright against it, and stays that way as the wood darkens with age. Around the centre the carver has cut delicate birds and vines into the corners, so the piece works at two speeds: the silver catches you from across the room, and the carved detail keeps you there once you have crossed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens. The clasps release, the bronze hinges swing back, and inside is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in the same walnut. This is the only silver-inlaid board in the range, and it behaves like it — a luxury walnut backgammon set that would be perfectly at home never being played on, and is far better for being played on anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with silver inlay, bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid walnut with silver inlay, bronze hinges and clasps\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\u003eReal silver inlaid by hand into channels cut to an exact width — no second attempts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet into solid walnut, the darkest wood in the workshop, so every silver line reads bright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelicate carved birds and vines worked into the corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only silver-inlaid backgammon board in the range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift At the Top of the Craft\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to someone who will understand what they are looking at. Most people will see a beautiful board; a few will realise the silver was cut in rather than laid on, and those are the people this one was made for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098194338112,"sku":"101662","price":1239.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703845821707.jpg?v=1788438566"},{"product_id":"armenian-tree-of-life-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Backgammon Set - Three Trees of Life","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Backgammon Set - Three Trees of Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is one tree at the centre and two smaller ones beside it, and once you see them as a family you cannot unsee it. The central tree of life on this handmade Armenian backgammon set is worked in bronze and pale wood, hung with coral-red fruit; the two smaller trees are cast in bronze and set either side of it, the same shape at a younger age. The whole field behind them is hand-cut into fine cross-hatching, which is why the metal reads so brightly from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the meaning of the symbol doing its job without anyone having to say it out loud: one generation, then the next, then the next. Armenians have carved this tree onto churches, chests and doorframes for well over a thousand years for precisely that reason. Open the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the playing field underneath is where the actual generations meet — a grandparent teaching, a child learning the bar point the hard way, and the same argument about doubles that every Armenian table has had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes in three sizes, so you can choose the one your table can carry: 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, 19.6\" \/ 50 cm or a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm. All three fold shut on bronze hinges and lift by a cut-out handle, and all three are the same hand-carved wooden backgammon board underneath — just more or less of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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\u003eAvailable in three sizes: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\", 50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6\", 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds in half for storage: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\", 25 x 50 cm \/ 9.8 x 19.6\", or 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\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 bronze tree of life with coral-red fruit, flanked by two smaller bronze trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe field around them hand-cut into fine cross-hatching so the metal carries the light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree sizes, from a compact travel board to a full-size table set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA handmade Armenian backgammon board built on the country's oldest symbol of continuity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Growing Family\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board people buy for weddings, new houses and first grandchildren — the occasions where the tree means exactly what it looks like it means. Give the big one if it is going to live on a table, or the small one if it is going to travel; both end up getting used far more than anyone expects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"40 x 40 cm \/ 15.6 x 15.6 inches","offer_id":53098194403648,"sku":"103396-40","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6 inches","offer_id":53098194436416,"sku":"103396-50","price":299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6 inches","offer_id":53098194469184,"sku":"103396-60","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705405014905.jpg?v=1788438568"},{"product_id":"lion-carved-backgammon-board-with-bronze-handle","title":"Backgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Lion","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBackgammon Set with Bronze Handle - Lion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are three lions on this board before you even open it. One is carved deep into the wood at the centre, mane cut strand by strand, holding the middle of the lid the way a lion holds a room. Two more are cast in bronze and set either side of him, catching whatever light is going. The whole field around them has been hand-cut into fine cross-hatching so that nothing competes — the wood stays matte and quiet, and the metal does all the shining. Even the carrying bag has a lion worked into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there is the handle, and it is not hardware. It is an ornate bronze casting fitted along the top edge, the sort of thing that belongs on a chest rather than a games board, and it changes how the whole object behaves. This is a heavy piece — 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb of solid beech and bronze — and lifting it by that handle is the moment most people understand what they have bought. The checkers carry the same idea through: not the usual pair of woods, but beech and bronze, so half your army has real weight in the hand when you place it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the clasps, let the bronze hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field is waiting underneath all that ceremony. That is the pleasure of a luxury backgammon set like this one: it looks like something that should stay closed on a sideboard, and then it turns out to be the best board in the house to actually play on. Carry it in by the bronze, set it down, and let whoever is sitting opposite work out where to look first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and an ornate bronze carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech wood and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze details, hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA lion carved by hand in deep relief, flanked by two cast bronze lions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ornate bronze carry handle — cast, not fitted as an afterthought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheckers in beech and bronze, with real weight in the hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury wooden backgammon board finished to the same standard on every surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Ends the Search\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board you buy for the person who already has a decent one. 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It is the hardest kind of carving there is, because two living figures in motion have to be believable from every angle, and a single heavy cut anywhere ruins the whole scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody carves this and expects you to pick a side. The bear is bigger and the hunter came anyway; how it ends is genuinely unclear, which is exactly why you keep looking at it. Then you unhook the clasps, the bronze hinges swing open, and you sit down to a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field where the same thing is about to happen with dice — one of you stronger on the board, one of you braver about the roll, and no way of knowing yet. 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