{"title":"Walnut Backgammon Sets","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalnut is dark, close-grained and forgiving of years of use. A walnut nardi board looks better after a decade of games than it did new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee also \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/carved-backgammon-sets\"\u003ecarved boards\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/luxury-backgammon-sets\"\u003eluxury nardi\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/backgammon-sets\"\u003eall backgammon sets\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"armenian-coat-of-arms-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Armenian Coat of Arms Epoxy Backgammon Board","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Coat of Arms Epoxy Backgammon Board\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenia's emblem usually appears in gold, red and blue. Here it appears in green and turquoise — the colours of the country's stone and its water rather than its flag — and the effect is completely different. The coat of arms is hand-carved into warm walnut at the centre of this board, and sweeping panels of marbled green and teal epoxy resin fan out around it, framed by deep zigzag carving and carved spiral corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the emblem seen at ease rather than on parade, which suits an object built for evenings rather than ceremonies. The resin is jewel-toned and slightly translucent, so the panels shift as you walk around the board, while the carved walnut stays deep and matte and lets the colour do the moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the clasps, let the hinges swing back, and the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field waits inside. 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. It carries the whole country on the lid and still looks like something you would happily leave out all year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189488448,"sku":"103635-ARM","price":2099.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1776161957481.jpg?v=1788438422"},{"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. And like every river board, this one exists exactly once.\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 emerald 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 translucent emerald resin river you can see down into, not just across\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive-edge walnut slabs with knots and figure deliberately kept\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood and resin ground to one continuous polished surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board that exists exactly once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift At the Top of the Range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the occasion that actually warrants it — a landmark birthday, a retirement, a very good year. 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. It is a strange and rather wonderful thing to own a nardi board that would hold its own as a piece of furniture with the game removed entirely — and then to use it, most evenings, for exactly what it was built for.\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 turquoise 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 translucent turquoise resin river running between two live-edge walnut slabs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe river's shape set by the wood's natural edge — never drawn, never repeatable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnots, burl and figure kept rather than cut away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board that reads as furniture and plays as a proper set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Cannot Be Matched\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterally — there is no second one. Give it to someone who already owns everything, and they will spend the first ten minutes looking at the edge of the wood rather than the game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189685056,"sku":"103798","price":2409.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1727505944091.jpg?v=1788438428"},{"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. It suits the person whose house is full of natural materials and who can usually tell you where each one came from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190012736,"sku":"103715","price":939.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697542980691.jpg?v=1788438442"},{"product_id":"armenian-alphabet-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Alphabet in Blue Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Alphabet in Blue Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Armenian alphabet has survived every material anyone has put it in. Mesrop Mashtots set the letters down in 405 AD; since then they have been cut into stone, written on parchment, hammered into metal, set in lead type, and lit up on screens. 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. The craft is entirely traditional; the face it shows the room is not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190143808,"sku":"103711","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697540887978.jpg?v=1788438445"},{"product_id":"green-tree-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Tree of Life in Green Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Tree of Life in Green Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen is the obvious colour for a tree, which makes it the hardest one to make interesting — and this board manages it by going deep rather than bright. 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. The symbol will please the traditional half of the family; the colour will please them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098190242112,"sku":"103678-BL","price":789.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1691229400867.jpg?v=1788438449"},{"product_id":"carved-lattice-epoxy-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Lattice and Blue Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Lattice and Blue Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost carving takes wood away from a surface. This takes it away entirely. The woven lattice on the lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set is cut clean through the board — openwork, not relief — and blue epoxy resin sits beneath it so the colour rises up through every opening. 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. 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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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Armenians have a particular claim on this story, because the ark came to rest on their mountain, and everything on the branches above is what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an unusual thing to put on a games board and a magnificent one. The carving works at two distances: from across a room it reads as one confident tree, and from a handspan away it resolves into dozens of individual faces, each cut separately, each having to be right on its own. Walnut is the only sensible wood for it — dark enough to hold the depth, close-grained enough to take a face at that size without tearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it opens, and the whole conceit lands. The clasps release, the bronze hinges swing back, and there is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field where the current generation gets on with the business of arguing over dice — which is, after all, the practical form family continuity takes on most evenings. 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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. 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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. It is a good joke on the carver's part: hundreds of hours of pattern outside, and inside, room to think.\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 diamond relief carved by hand across the entire walnut surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHundreds of repeats, every one matched to its neighbours — the hardest kind of pattern to cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA raised finish that catches and releases the light as you move around it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut backgammon board with no plain ground anywhere on it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Precise Person\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome people notice when a picture hangs a degree off true. This is their board. They will run a hand over it before they say anything, and then they will want to know how long it took.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098191454528,"sku":"102308-DIA","price":1219.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1760434031472.jpg?v=1788438483"},{"product_id":"mher-the-lion-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Lion of Sassoun","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Lion of Sassoun\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no hero in this frame. Just the lion — master-carved into solid walnut, set inside an ornate cartouche of flowing scrollwork, mane cut lock by lock in relief deep enough to hold its own shadow. And that is the whole point of the story it belongs to. 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. Lift it by the cut-out handle and bring it to the table.\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 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 master-carved lion in deep relief, mane cut lock by lock into solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet inside an ornate carved cartouche of flowing scrollwork\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 carrying one of the great names of the Sassoun epic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Named After Something\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery family has one member who got a nickname early and never lost it. 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":"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. Lift it by the cut-out handle and take it wherever the evening is.\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 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 13th-century Haghartsin Monastery carved by hand in deep relief into solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrapevines and grape clusters cut around it, the forest brought onto the lid\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 in the wood reserved for the workshop's best work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Who Loves Dilijan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverybody who has been to that forest talks about it afterwards. 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. Lift it by the cut-out handle and it comes to whichever table the evening is happening at.\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 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 Geghard Monastery carved by hand in deep relief into solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailing grapevines and grape clusters cut right around it\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 in the wood the workshop saves for its best work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Both Sides of Armenia On It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spear and the vine, the mountain and the harvest — give it to someone who understands that those have never been opposites. 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":"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":"infinity-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Infinity Fan","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Infinity Fan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great woven fan opens across this walnut backgammon set, master-carved so that every strand passes through every other and none of them ever ends. Stare at it for a while and you stop looking for the beginning — which is exactly what the old sign of eternity was built to do to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workshop calls this the finest thing on their bench, and it shows in the smallest places: the way the strands stay perfectly even where they cross, the way the deep relief holds shadow in the walnut long after the light has moved. Nothing here was rushed and nothing here repeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade Armenian backgammon board carrying the one promise every family wants from an object like this: that the games do not stop with you. 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Interlaced ornament runs edge to edge across the walnut — strands passing over, under, over again, all of them circling a carved ornament at the center. The carver never once stopped to leave a plain patch, which is exactly the kind of decision that separates a good board from a masterful one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow one strand with a fingertip and you will lose it, find it, lose it again. Cut into solid walnut — the wood the workshop saves for its best work — the pattern shifts as the light moves, so the whole lid looks different in the morning than it does mid-game at midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade wooden backgammon board for the player who appreciates that the hardest work is the kind nobody has to point out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterlaced ornament carved edge to edge, with nothing left plain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved ornament holding the center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut with a cut-out carry handle — entirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098200105280,"sku":"102879","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1651668005944.jpg?v=1788438691"},{"product_id":"dance-of-sasun-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxurious Walnut Backgammon Set - Dance of Sasun","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxurious Walnut Backgammon Set - Dance of Sasun\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the people of Sassoun celebrate, they do not clap — they lock arms and dance, shoulder to shoulder, the same steps their great-grandparents danced after every victory. That dance, drawn from the epic Daredevils of Sassoun, is carved across this walnut backgammon set in astonishing deep relief: a line of figures mid-step, arms linked, caught at the exact moment joy becomes defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the most demanding thing a carver can attempt — human bodies in motion, each one distinct, each one turned slightly differently, all of them cut into solid walnut without a single break in the line. Stand it in the light and the shadows move as you move, so the dance never quite stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade Armenian backgammon board carrying the one thing every Armenian family knows: you survive, and then you dance about it. This is not a board that gets put away in a cupboard. It gets a place in the room and a story told about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe victory Dance of Sasun master-carved in deep relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigures in motion, arms linked, cut into solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the workshop's most demanding pieces — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098200367424,"sku":"100404","price":5129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4668.jpg?v=1788438699"},{"product_id":"armenian-national-costume-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Taraz","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian Taraz\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe taraz — the Armenian national costume — once told you everything about a person: which valley they came from, whether they were married, what their family did. Every region wove its own language of pattern. This walnut backgammon set carries that language across its central panel: geometric weaving motifs in deep red, cream and black, framed by finely carved borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the ornament the way you would look at an old family photograph, and you will find the same instinct — nothing decorative for its own sake, every line meaning something to someone. Set into solid walnut, the wood the workshop saves for its finest boards, it turns a game into an heirloom of dress and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade Armenian backgammon board for the house where the old photographs still hang. Your great-grandmother wore these patterns. Now they hold your evenings together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian taraz pattern in deep red, cream and black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed by finely carved borders on solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098201841984,"sku":"103259","price":1689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4497.jpg?v=1788438719"},{"product_id":"master-tree-of-life-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Tree of Life","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Tree of Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore it was a board, this walnut was a tree for half a century — and the master carver honored that by giving it back its branches. The Tree of Life spreads across the entire face in deep, intricate relief: roots below, crown above, every branch finding its own way — the oldest symbol of growth and continuity, carved into wood that lived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is master-carving at full depth: branches that overlap, leaves with edges, shadow pooling under the relief. Solid walnut, the wood the workshop saves for its finest boards, holding a symbol every culture recognizes and Armenians have carved for a thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade wooden backgammon board made for the same thing the tree stands for: one generation teaching the next. Plant it on your table and let it grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tree of Life master-carved in deep, intricate relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBranches spreading across the entire walnut face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098202595648,"sku":"100284","price":1689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4287.jpg?v=1788438733"},{"product_id":"armenian-and-russian-churches-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian and Russian Churches","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Armenian and Russian Churches\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenian churches wear pointed stone cones; Russian churches wear onion domes. Different silhouettes, same sky — and on this walnut backgammon set the carver set them side by side, two traditions of faith sharing one carved horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board beneath them is solid walnut with a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside — a handmade wooden backgammon board for the households where both traditions meet, and for anyone who likes their game with a little architecture above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmenian and Russian churches carved side by side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep hand-carved relief in solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098202825024,"sku":"101231","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4257.jpg?v=1788438738"},{"product_id":"horse-medallion-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Horse","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWalnut Backgammon Set - Carved Horse\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou cannot carve speed — so the carver carved the wanting of it. A spirited horse fills the oval at the center of this walnut backgammon set, mane alive, framed in flowing scrollwork, with the deep walnut grain moving around it like smoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the board and a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm nardi field waits inside — a handmade wooden backgammon board at the friendly middle size, right for the kitchen table and quick to carry by its cut-out handle. 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Open the board and a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm nardi field waits inside — a walnut backgammon board sized between travel and grand, right for the kitchen table and the long evening both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 9.8\" x 19.6\" \/ 25 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 19.6\" x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8.8 lb \/ 4 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArarat over Khor Virap — Armenia's most iconic view, hand-carved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut with deep, warm grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 19.6\" \/ 50 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098204660032,"sku":"101748","price":339.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3906.jpg?v=1788438773"},{"product_id":"master-fan-ornament-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Fan Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Fan Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen a hand fan and the whole thing blooms at once — that is what the master carver did to this entire board. A grand fan of acanthus leaves and carved ornaments spreads across the face of this walnut backgammon set in deep relief, radiating from edge to edge like a sunrise held in wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcanthus is the carver's oldest test — the leaf that has crowned columns since antiquity — and here it is passed with honors, every curl undercut deep enough to hold shadow. Cut into solid walnut, the wood the workshop saves for its masterworks, the relief reads differently at noon and by lamplight, which is exactly why you will keep looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade wooden backgammon board beneath a masterpiece lid. Fans were made for grand entrances. 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It reads the way the country does from a slow road: one view giving way to the next, each worth stopping for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving runs deep in solid walnut — warm, shadowed, generous — and inside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field. A luxury backgammon set for the table where stories come in threes: the game before this one, the game happening now, and the rematch already being demanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree scenes of Armenian landscape and life in carved oval frames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep hand-carved relief in solid walnut, linked by scrollwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098205413696,"sku":"100072","price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3644.jpg?v=1788438799"},{"product_id":"ararat-and-khor-virap-walnut-scene-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Ararat and Khor Virap Scene","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Ararat and Khor Virap Scene\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk a hundred Armenians for the country's most beloved view and you will hear this one: Mount Ararat filling the sky, the Khor Virap monastery small and steadfast below. This walnut backgammon set carves that view as a true landscape scene and hangs it in a frame of carved scrollwork — a picture you don't put on the wall, because it belongs on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene is cut deep into solid walnut, warm and shadowed, and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field waits inside. A handmade Armenian backgammon board that does what the view itself does: stops conversation for a moment, then starts a better one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmenia's most beloved view — Ararat over Khor Virap — carved as a landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed in hand-carved scrollwork on solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098205512000,"sku":"100017","price":429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3634.jpg?v=1788438803"},{"product_id":"two-kings-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Two Kings","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Two Kings\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo crowned kings face one another across this walnut backgammon set, grapes hanging rich around them — a summit meeting, carved in wood. Neither king outranks the other; that is the point. Backgammon has never had room for more than two rulers at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving is cut deep into solid walnut, crowns and clusters alike, and inside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field. A handmade wooden backgammon board for the oldest diplomacy there is: two equals, one table, and grapes for whoever wins the argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo crowned kings carved face to face amid grape clusters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep hand-carved relief in solid walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — entirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098205577536,"sku":"101231-KINGS","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3612.jpg?v=1788438806"},{"product_id":"garni-temple-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Temple of Garni","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Temple of Garni\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenia's only standing Greco-Roman temple rises at the center of this walnut backgammon set — and the carver planted it in an orchard. Pomegranates hang heavy on one side, grapevines wind up the other, so the old sun temple stands where Armenians have always liked their monuments: surrounded by abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of it is hand-carved into solid walnut, the wood the workshop saves for its richest boards, with a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field waiting inside. A luxury backgammon set that brings together the three things a good Armenian evening needs — history on the table, fruit within reach, and a game that refuses to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Temple of Garni carved amid pomegranates and grapevines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut, cut in deep hand-carved relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry handle and bronze hinges — handmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098205675840,"sku":"101919","price":469.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3583.jpg?v=1788438808"},{"product_id":"martian-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Life on Mars","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Life on Mars\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery workshop has one imagination that travels further than the rest. This is where it went: a surreal vision of life on Mars, master-carved into a walnut backgammon set — two strange, graceful creatures entwined in an infinity form, orbiting between radiant suns. No folklore, no heraldry. Somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject is fantastic; the technique is anything but. Every coil and ray is cut by hand into solid walnut in deep, deliberate relief — the discipline of a master carver applied to a dream. That contrast is the whole pleasure of it: the wildest board in the room is also one of the most precisely made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field — a handmade wooden backgammon board for players who like their games long and their conversations stranger. Five thousand years ago, someone carved the first nardi board on this planet. This one imagines the next planet over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with cut-out carry handle and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded for storage: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing size: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA surreal vision of life on Mars, master-carved in deep relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo creatures entwined in an infinity form between radiant suns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut with a cut-out carry handle — entirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098206232896,"sku":"102213","price":2009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3623.jpg?v=1788438817"},{"product_id":"mher-and-the-lion-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Mher and the Lion","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Mher and the Lion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore David of Sassoun, the epic tells of Mher — the hero who met a man-eating lion on the roads of Sasun and faced it with his bare hands. By tearing the lion's mane he earned the name Armenians still teach their children: Mher the Lion. That very moment is master-carved across this Armenian backgammon set in deep relief, hero and beast locked together beneath the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the kind of scene only a master carver takes on — two bodies in motion, a mane mid-tear, a whole landscape behind them — and it is cut into solid walnut, the wood the workshop saves for its finest boards. Stand back and it reads like a monument; lean in and every line of the struggle is there under your fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field — a handmade wooden backgammon board built for the long, loud games heroes' stories are told over. 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Look closer and the old meaning appears: birds woven through the upper coils, serpents through the lower — sky and earth intertwined, the whole world balanced around one central emblem. Some boards show you a creature. This one shows you a cosmology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk the workshop which piece shows their master carvers at full power and they will point here — the finest carving in the collection, cut into solid walnut, the wood masters save for their best work. Every scale, feather and coil is an individual decision of the chisel, and the relief is deep enough to hold real shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt opens, of course — inside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field, a handmade backgammon board ready for the long games a piece like this deserves. Dragons have guarded treasure for as long as people have told stories. 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In one, an Armenian royal figure — the person a nation once followed; in the other, the coat of arms — the emblem it still stands behind. This luxury walnut backgammon set carves them side by side amid grapevines, portrait and standard sharing one lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut gives the pairing its gravity, and the vines give it warmth — history that pours rather than lectures. Open the hand-carved backgammon board between the two frames and add the third scene every Armenian table knows by heart: the game, the argument, the laughter after. Inside is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyalty and the national arms, carved side by side in warm walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrapevines winding the two frames into one composition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA distinguished gift for anyone who treasures Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098207510848,"sku":"100378","price":539.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3327.jpg?v=1788438839"},{"product_id":"four-scenes-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Four Scenes of Armenia","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Four Scenes of Armenia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome boards choose one view of Armenia; this one could not decide — so the carver gave it four. Four carved vignettes of Armenian landscape and heritage sit in their own round frames across this luxury walnut backgammon set, scrollwork winding between them like the roads between places you love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt reads like a family album in walnut: you move from scene to scene the way you turn pages, and everyone who knows the country finds their favorite. Then the hand-carved backgammon board opens, the checkers come out, and a fifth scene begins — the one you are living. Inside is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour hand-carved vignettes of Armenia on one walnut lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScrollwork winding between the scenes like mountain roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA distinguished gift for anyone who misses all of Armenia at once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098207576384,"sku":"100229","price":599.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3321.jpg?v=1788438841"},{"product_id":"mesrop-mashtots-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Mesrop Mashtots","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Mesrop Mashtots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNations usually inherit their alphabets; Armenians can name the man who made theirs. Mesrop Mashtots holds the center of this luxury walnut backgammon set, master-carved in deep relief amid the letters he gave Armenia in 405 AD — the scholar and his life's work, together on one lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetters are merciless to carve: every reader knows their exact shapes, so the chisel has no room to improvise. The master carver cut them anyway, crisp as print, around a portrait rendered with the patience of a scribe. A hand-carved wooden backgammon board that honors precision with precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixteen centuries later, his letters still carry every Armenian love note, epitaph and grocery list. Open this handmade backgammon set to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and add the small history of your own evenings — written, like everything Armenian, in Mashtots' hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe creator of the Armenian alphabet, amid his own letters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster-carved walnut with letters crisp as print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent gift for anyone who treasures Armenian heritage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098207805760,"sku":"100275","price":1689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3258.jpg?v=1788438849"},{"product_id":"maya-calendar-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxurious Walnut Backgammon Set - Maya Calendar","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxurious Walnut Backgammon Set - Maya Calendar\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Maya carved time itself into stone — ring within ring, glyph by glyph, one of humanity's great acts of patience. The master carver of this luxurious walnut backgammon set repeated the feat in wood: the full calendar radiates across the lid in concentric rings of glyphs, cut in relief so deep it holds its own shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the workshop's Everest — the piece the other master boards look up to. Every glyph is an individual carving; every ring must close perfectly on itself; one slip anywhere and the whole face is lost. Nothing about this hand-carved wooden backgammon board was allowed to be almost right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old calendar measured days; the board beneath it collects them. Open this handmade backgammon set to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and add your evenings, one game at a time, to a piece built on the grandest scale the workshop knows. Some boards are bought. This one is acquired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Maya calendar in full — concentric rings of individually carved glyphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe crowning masterwork of the workshop's carving art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the collection that keeps exactly one board above all others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098207936832,"sku":"103139","price":27509.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3250.jpg?v=1788438852"},{"product_id":"sunflower-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Sunflower","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Sunflower\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne flower, the size of the entire board. The master carver gave this luxury walnut backgammon set a single magnificent sunflower — layered petals fanning from a dense carved heart to the far edges of the lid, deep relief from center to rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunflowers follow the light, and this one catches it: every petal is cut at its own angle, so the walnut shifts from bronze to near-black as you move around the table. A hand-carved wooden backgammon board that behaves like the flower it portrays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHouseholds follow warmth the way flowers do — and the warm spot becomes wherever this handmade backgammon set is open. A full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside, a sunflower outside, and the family turning toward both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA single magnificent sunflower in full-face deep relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePetals cut at shifting angles that play with every light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe warmest board in the room, by design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208002368,"sku":"101791","price":3009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3244.jpg?v=1788438854"},{"product_id":"cherub-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Guardian Cherub","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Guardian Cherub\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the oldest stories, cherubim are posted wherever something precious needs guarding — the gates of Eden, the Tree of Life. The master carver of this luxury walnut backgammon set posted one here: a winged cherub in deep relief, amid carved wheat and ornaments, wings spread over the field below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving is exquisite in the literal sense — every feather in the wings cut separately, the wheat bending as if there were wind inside the walnut. It is the kind of work that makes a hand-carved wooden backgammon board feel less bought than entrusted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo consider what this guardian is guarding: your table, your evenings, the full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside this handmade backgammon set. Families need their precious things watched over too — and this one comes with its own angel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA winged guardian master-carved feather by feather\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWheat and ornaments that move like wind in the walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent piece for anyone who loves fine woodcarving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208067904,"sku":"103219","price":4259.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3175.jpg?v=1788438856"},{"product_id":"space-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board-1","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Cosmos","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Cosmos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carver looked up for this one. Concentric arcs of carved orbs sweep across the lid like planets in their orbits, radiating from a central bloom of light — a whole night sky, master-carved in deep relief on this luxury walnut backgammon set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstronomy suits walnut. The dark grain reads as deep space, the polished orbs catch light the way planets catch sun, and the whole composition turns with calm, mathematical grace. It is the rare hand-carved wooden backgammon board that feels less decorated than charted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitting, for the game. Backgammon has run on the same celestial mechanics for five thousand years — two players in orbit around each other, dice tumbling like small moons. Open this handmade backgammon set to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and take your place in the system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved cosmos — orbs in orbit across the whole face of the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster carving in deep relief, charted rather than decorated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent piece for anyone who loves the extraordinary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208559424,"sku":"100462","price":4069.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3233_c1374433-4a7d-484d-a73c-17b93ba4b335.jpg?v=1788438862"},{"product_id":"stones-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - River Stones","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - River Stones\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery visitor does the same thing with this board: they touch it, to check. The lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set is master-carved to resemble a bed of smooth river stones — round, tumbled, impossibly lifelike — inside a crisp geometric border. It is wood doing a flawless impression of a riverbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe illusion takes real mastery. Every stone must be its own shape, its own size, its own smoothness; one repeated pebble and the eye catches the trick. The carver of this hand-carved wooden backgammon board repeated nothing, and the result fools everyone exactly once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something fitting in it, too: river stones are what time does to rock, and backgammon is what time does to an evening — both worn smooth by use. Open the board to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and let the dice roll over the riverbed. A handmade backgammon set for anyone who loves the extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved riverbed so lifelike that everyone touches it to check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo two stones alike — master carving with nothing repeated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent piece for anyone who loves the extraordinary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208624960,"sku":"100663","price":1689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3168.jpg?v=1788438864"},{"product_id":"octagon-infinity-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Infinity in Octagon","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Infinity in Octagon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a beautiful argument in walnut: an octagonal star — the most finite of shapes, eight sides, every angle accounted for — holding a pattern with no end at all. The infinity knot turns inside it forever, master-carved in deep relief on this luxury walnut backgammon set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow the knot with a fingertip and you will arrive back where you started; that is the point, and the pleasure. The octagon gives it discipline, the walnut gives it depth, and the carver gives it life — a hand-carved wooden backgammon board about the oldest idea Armenians ever carved: what matters does not end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackgammon players know the feeling. Games end; the playing never does — tonight's loser is tomorrow's first challenger. A full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field waits inside this handmade backgammon set, ready for the series that, like its carving, has no last game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometry and eternity in one master carving — the exact holding the endless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep-relief walnut work that rewards a tracing fingertip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent gift for the player whose rematches never end\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208690496,"sku":"100352","price":1689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3161.jpg?v=1788438866"},{"product_id":"royal-lion-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Royal Lion","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Royal Lion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaurels are handed out after the victory — and this lion wears them at ease. Reclining above a carved \"Royal\" banner, framed in laurel branches and ornate scrollwork, he presides over this luxury walnut backgammon set like a king whose wars are behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe master carving earns the pose. Mane, muscle and leaf are cut in deep relief, the walnut finished until light moves through the laurel like wind. A hand-carved wooden backgammon board that reads as sculpture first and furniture second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe will admit a soft spot: a lion and a laurel are the two emblems this house is named for, and we have never seen them carved better. Open the board to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and give the resting king something worth watching — this handmade backgammon set was made for exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA royal lion at rest, crowned in hand-carved laurel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster-carved walnut in deep, sculptural relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lion and the laurel — our house emblems, at their finest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208756032,"sku":"100325","price":2189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3156.jpg?v=1788438868"},{"product_id":"mask-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Mask","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Carved Mask\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook once and it is ornament; look twice and a face is looking back. The lid of this luxury walnut backgammon set is master-carved with a symmetrical mask that emerges from swirling interlaced ornament — there and not there, depending on the light and how long you stare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the hardest kind of carving: a design that must read two ways at once, every curve serving both the pattern and the face. The carver pulled it off in deep relief, and this hand-carved wooden backgammon board rewards every visitor who does a double take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd of course, a mask belongs at the game table. Every player wears one — the flat expression over the lucky roll, the calm over the collapsing position. Open this handmade backgammon set to its full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field and find out whose mask slips first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA face that emerges from pure ornament — carving that reads two ways at once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster-carved walnut in deep, symmetrical relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent piece for anyone who loves fine woodcarving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208821568,"sku":"102985","price":2009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3183.jpg?v=1788438872"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-ornament-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Pomegranate Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Pomegranate Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmenians give pomegranates to newlyweds, carve them over doorways, paint them on everything meant to prosper. This luxury walnut backgammon set gives the symbol its fullest treatment: branches arching across the entire face, fruit round and heavy, leaves mid-turn — abundance, carved abundantly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject and the craft agree with each other. A symbol of plenty deserves a board where nothing was rationed, and the master carver held nothing back, cutting the walnut in deep, lavish relief until the whole lid ripens. A hand-carved wooden backgammon board as generous as its emblem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it where you would give the fruit: to a marriage, a new home, a family you want to see flourish. Inside waits a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field, and every game played on this handmade backgammon set happens under branches that never go out of season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmenia's symbol of abundance in masterful, full-face relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep-carved walnut with fruit you want to reach for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gift for a marriage, a new home, a family meant to flourish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098208919872,"sku":"100724","price":4009.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3144.jpg?v=1788438875"},{"product_id":"sun-master-carved-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Radiant Sun","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Radiant Sun\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carver chose the darkest wood in the workshop and cut a sun into it. That is the quiet genius of this luxury walnut backgammon set: a radiant face at the center of the lid, flame-like rays flowing to the edges — light, made out of deep brown shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe master carving shows in the rays. Each one moves — bending like real flame, no two alike, circling the calm face at their center. Run a hand across this hand-carved wooden backgammon board and you can almost feel the heat the carver was imagining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndoors, this is the sun that never sets. Evening games on a handmade backgammon set deserve light of their own, and this board brings it — a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field inside, warm wood above, and the oldest emblem of life presiding over every roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA blazing sun master-carved into deep, dark walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlame-like rays, each one cut differently by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent centerpiece for the evening table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098209313088,"sku":"103222","price":2189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3128.jpg?v=1788438878"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-ornate-master-walnut-backgammon-board","title":"Luxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Ararat in Ornaments","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Backgammon Set - Ararat in Ornaments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a gallery wants you to know a painting matters, look at the frame. The carver of this luxury walnut backgammon set understood: Ararat's twin peaks rise over a wooded valley in deep relief, and around that landscape stands a frame worthy of a national treasure — richly ornamented, crowned with carved ornaments at its corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame and landscape are one piece of walnut, which is the quiet miracle of it. No joinery, no shortcuts — a single lid master-carved until the mountain sits inside its own honor guard of ornament. A hand-carved wooden backgammon board built the way altarpieces once were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang paintings; play this one. Beneath the lid a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm nardi field waits, and every game on this handmade backgammon set happens under the holy mountain in its gala frame — for the house where Armenia is not a memory but a presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges 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: 11.8\" x 23.6\" \/ 30 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 23.6\" x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 11 lb \/ 5 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Ararat landscape in a gala frame of carved ornaments — one piece of walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster carving in deep, patient relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut and lifts by its cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA magnificent gift for anyone who treasures Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098209378624,"sku":"101642","price":2189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3120.jpg?v=1788438880"}],"url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/collections\/walnut-backgammon-sets.oembed?page=2","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}