{"title":"Stone Chess Sets","description":"\u003cp\u003eCut from natural stone, with a coolness in the hand that wood never has. Heavy, honest pieces that sit on a table and stay there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-chess-sets\"\u003emarble sets\u003c\/a\u003e too, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-sets\"\u003eall chess sets\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grey-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Grey Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGrey Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrey is the most modern of the marbles and the one that goes with everything. Each dark square has its own drift of pale and charcoal running through it, like slate that has been polished until it shines, and against the white squares the effect is cool and clean rather than dramatic. Brass coordinate markers ring the border. It is the board for a room that is already full of decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the restraint it is serious equipment: 15 kg across 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, with 32 hand-cast bronze pieces — crowned kings, robed queens, horse-head knights — that stand out sharply against the grey in a way they would not on a bolder colour. That is the quiet argument for this one. A stone chess set does not need to be loud to be the best object in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrey and white marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitted storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15 kg \/ 33.1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCool grey stone that suits contemporary and traditional rooms equally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery square drifts differently — natural veining, never repeated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pieces that read sharply against a neutral field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 kg of solid marble, immovable through the longest game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarble allows no corrections. Each of the sixty-four squares is cut, ground and polished to sit dead flat against its neighbours, and a chipped edge cannot be filled or sanded — the square is scrapped and cut again. That patience is what you are paying for, and it is why a chess set from stone is still perfectly true decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrey is the safest bold choice: modern enough to feel considered, neutral enough to survive any redecoration. Give it to someone whose taste you admire but cannot predict.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098184933696,"sku":"102294-GRY","price":3289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1678525626301.jpg?v=1788438292"},{"product_id":"black-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Black Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlack Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack and white is what everyone pictures when they picture a chess board, and almost nobody actually owns it in stone. Here the dark squares are genuine black marble — not painted, not stained — with pale veins drifting through them that catch the light at an angle and disappear head-on. Against the white squares the contrast is absolute, which makes this the easiest board in the range to read across a long game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen kilos, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, ringed with brass coordinate markers. The 32 hand-cast bronze pieces have modelled crowns, robes and horse-head knights, and on polished stone they sound quite unlike anything wooden. That is what people remember about a luxury chess set made of marble: not how it looks in a photograph, but the click of the first piece going down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack and white marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitted storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15 kg \/ 33.1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe classic black-and-white board, in real stone rather than stained wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural veining through the dark squares, different on every board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-cast bronze pieces with modelled detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe clearest contrast of any board in the range — easy on the eyes over hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixty-four squares, each cut from natural marble and polished until it meets its neighbours perfectly flat. Nothing here can be corrected — no filling, no sanding, no glue — so a single chipped edge means cutting a new square from scratch. It is the reason a chess set from stone costs what it does and the reason it outlasts everything else on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you only ever buy one stone board, this is the one to buy. Black and white needs no explaining, suits any room, and looks exactly as serious as the game deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098184966464,"sku":"102294-BLK","price":3289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1678525506953.jpg?v=1788438294"},{"product_id":"brown-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Brown Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBrown Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmperador is the marble people recognise without knowing its name — the deep brown one, shot through with pale veins that wander in every direction and never repeat. Cut into squares against cream and ringed with brass coordinate markers, it makes a board that looks less designed than discovered. Hold it up to a window and the veins run right through the stone rather than sitting on the surface, which is how you tell real marble from anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen kilos across 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, with 32 hand-cast bronze pieces — crowned kings, robed queens, horse-head knights, all modelled rather than turned. Playing on a stone chess set is a slightly different experience: the surface is cool, the pieces land with a click instead of a tap, and nobody plays fast on it. That is not a flaw. That is the point of the thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrown and cream marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitted storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15 kg \/ 33.1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine brown Emperador marble, veined right through the stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-cast bronze pieces with modelled faces, crowns and manes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrass coordinate markers set into the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 kg of stone — nothing moves once the game starts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the sixty-four squares is cut from natural stone and polished until it meets its neighbours dead flat. Nothing can be filled, sanded or glued back — a chip means the square is gone and another has to be cut. It is slow, expensive work, and it is why a chess set from stone survives generations of use without needing a single repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown marble is the classicist's choice — warm, traditional, and immediately at home on a desk or in a study. Give it to someone who prefers things that look like they have always been there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185032000,"sku":"102294-BRN","price":3289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1678525314741.jpg?v=1788438295"},{"product_id":"cream-and-brown-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Cream and Brown Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCream and Brown Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the quiet one of the marble family, and probably the one most people would actually live with. Warm brown Emperador against cream, with a pale border drawn round the outside — no strong colour anywhere, just stone doing what stone does. The veining wanders differently across every board, which means the one you receive has a pattern nobody else owns and nobody could reproduce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen kilos of it, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across, with 32 hand-cast bronze pieces standing on their own marble bases. What a stone chess set gives you that wood cannot is stillness: nothing warms up, nothing shifts, nothing creaks as the room changes temperature. You put a piece down and it stays exactly there, and a long game feels different played on a surface that refuses to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCream and brown marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces on marble bases, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15 kg \/ 33.1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces on marble bases, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm neutral stone that suits any room without competing with it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural Emperador veining — unrepeatable on any other board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pieces on their own marble bases, light against dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 kg of solid marble: absolutely still, every game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixty-four squares, each cut from natural stone and polished to meet its neighbours dead flat. There is no filler, no correction and no second attempt — a chipped corner means the square is scrapped. That is the real reason a chess set from stone is uncommon, and why the finished board is so exact when you run a hand across it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe safest of the marbles to give, because cream and brown offend nobody's decor. It reads as expensive without shouting, which is usually what you want when the gift has to be right rather than surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185425216,"sku":"102294-CRM","price":3289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1664529490855.jpg?v=1788438296"},{"product_id":"burgundy-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Burgundy Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBurgundy Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep burgundy against white, with a charcoal-grey border drawn round the whole field — three tones of real stone, none of them dyed or printed. Burgundy marble is dark enough to read as almost black from across a room and then, close up, turns out to be full of red. That is the trick of stone: it changes depending on how far away you are standing, which no wooden chess board has ever managed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is compact — 11.8\" \/ 30 cm — and it still weighs nine kilos, which tells you it is solid marble rather than stone laid over something cheaper. The bronze pieces stand on their own small marble bases, sixteen light against sixteen dark, and they land on the board with a sound you will start playing for. A luxury chess set that fits on a desk and behaves like a much larger one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurgundy and white marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces on marble bases, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 11.8 x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 9 kg \/ 19.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces on marble bases, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree tones of genuine stone — burgundy, white and a charcoal border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural veining, so no two boards are the same\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pieces on their own marble bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesk-sized at 11.8\" \/ 30 cm and still 9 kg of solid marble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery square is cut from natural stone and ground to meet its neighbours flat, and there is no way to correct a mistake — a chipped edge means a new square, cut from scratch. It is slow, unforgiving work, and it is the reason a chess set from stone feels nothing like a wooden one under the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall enough to give without needing to warn anyone first, serious enough that they will keep it on the desk rather than in a cupboard. Burgundy is the easiest of the marbles to place — it sits well with almost any wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185490752,"sku":"100622","price":2629.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1664360780310.jpg?v=1788438298"},{"product_id":"coral-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Coral Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCoral Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the big one. A full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm of coral and cream marble, eighteen kilos of it, ringed with brass coordinate markers. Coral is the warmest stone in the range — pinkish where the light falls, rust-veined where it does not — and at this size the pattern in it stops being a detail and becomes the whole surface. You do not put a board like this away between games. There is nowhere to put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army suits the scale: 32 hand-cast bronze pieces, sixteen light against sixteen dark, with crowned kings, robed queens and horse-head knights carrying real modelled detail. On stone they land with a small definite sound that a wooden board never gives you. A luxury chess set this heavy is a commitment to a room, and everyone who sits down at it plays a little slower and thinks a little longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoral and cream marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden gift box with a viewing window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 19.6 x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 18 kg \/ 39.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe largest stone board in the range at 19.6\" \/ 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm coral veining that exists on no other board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze pieces with modelled detail down to the pawns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 kg — immovable, and it sounds like nothing else to play on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this size the difficulty multiplies. Sixty-four squares have to be cut, ground and polished to sit dead flat against each other, and one chipped corner means starting a square again from a fresh block. That is why large stone boards are rare and why this one weighs what it does. It is also why it will still be perfectly flat in fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gift on this scale is really a gift to a room — a study, a library, a boardroom that needs one object with weight to it. It arrives in a wooden box with a window, which is the only sensible way to hand over eighteen kilos of marble.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185523520,"sku":"101136","price":3659.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1664359448757.jpg?v=1788438300"},{"product_id":"green-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Green Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGreen Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen marble is not a colour anyone manufactures — it is what happened to that stone underground over a very long time, and the veining running through your board runs through no other. Here it is cut into squares against cream, framed by a line of amber onyx and brass coordinate markers. Sit down at it and the first thing you notice is that a stone chess set does not warm up under your hand the way wood does. It stays cool, and somehow that makes the game feel more serious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen kilos of it. The bronze pieces stand on marble bases of their own, sixteen light against sixteen dark, cast and finished by hand so the detail holds right down to the pawns. Nothing on this luxury chess set slides, tips or gets nudged out of position by a sleeve. You place a piece, it stays placed, and the small sound it makes on stone is half the pleasure of playing on one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen and cream marble chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces on marble bases, 16 light and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15 kg \/ 33.1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble board, cast bronze pieces on marble bases, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished marble with amber onyx inlay and brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine green marble — the veining is unrepeatable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn amber onyx line inlaid around the playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pieces on their own marble bases, cast and finished by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 kg: it settles onto a table and stays exactly where it is put\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarble gives the maker no second chances. Each square is cut, ground and polished to meet its neighbours dead flat, and a chip cannot be filled or sanded away — the piece is simply lost and the work starts again. That is why a chess set from stone is rare, and why the ones that exist tend to outlive the people who bought them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a desk gift with real gravity to it — for a retirement, an office, a study that needs one object nobody else has. Green marble sits well against old wood and dark leather, which is usually exactly where it ends up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185589056,"sku":"102294-GRN","price":3289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1664358802249.jpg?v=1788438302"},{"product_id":"marble-and-onyx-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Marble and Onyx Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMarble and Onyx Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut this stone chess set somewhere a lamp can reach it and watch what the onyx does. The pale squares are translucent — light goes into them and comes back warmer, so half the board glows while the brown Emperador marble beside it stays deep and matt. No two stones are cut the same, which means the pattern running through your board exists on no other one. Brass coordinate markers frame the whole thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there is the weight. Nine kilos across only 11.8\" \/ 30 cm, so this is a small board that lands on a desk like a paperweight and never moves again. The pieces are hand-cast bronze, sixteen gold-toned against sixteen dark, heavy enough that you set them down rather than slide them. A luxury chess set made of stone plays differently from a wooden one — cooler under the hand, slower, more deliberate. People notice within two moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarble and onyx chess board with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 gold-toned and 16 dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 11.8 x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 9 kg \/ 19.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: natural marble and onyx board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: polished stone with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo natural stones in one board — translucent golden onyx against deep brown marble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery board's veining is different; yours is the only one like it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-cast bronze pieces with real weight and fine detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 11.8\" \/ 30 cm — a desk-sized board with a full-sized presence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStone Rather Than Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStone is unforgiving to work. It cannot be glued back if a square chips, it cannot be sanded into shape, and each piece has to be cut and polished to fit its neighbours exactly. That is why a chess set from stone costs what it does and why so few workshops attempt one. What you get in return is a board that will outlast every wooden set in the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavy, cool to the touch and quietly extraordinary under a lamp. This is the present for the person who has been given wooden boards before and would like something that feels entirely different in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098185654592,"sku":"100622-ONX","price":1939.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2078.jpg?v=1788438308"},{"product_id":"golden-marble-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Golden Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGolden Marble Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover a luxury stone chess set that pairs a polished marble board - golden and white squares in a warm veined stone frame - with a full army of hand-cast bronze pieces. The natural veining of the stone gives every board a one-of-a-kind character, while brass coordinate markers ring the border and intricately detailed pieces - crowned kings, robed queens and spirited horse-head knights - bring real weight and presence to the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubstantial at 15 kg, the marble board and metal pieces make this a true collector's centerpiece. 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