{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirteen kilos. That is the number that tells you what this is. A twelve-sided board, 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across, borders carved end to end in a fine lattice, with the coat of arms of Armenia inlaid in metal at each end of the field. Boards like this do not get moved around a room casually — you decide where it lives and then it lives there, and everything else on the table arranges itself around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches the ambition. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures on pale bases, one side bright and one dark, with bronze coordinate markers set into the border to frame the whole field. Pick up a knight and the weight surprises you every time; put it down and it stays exactly where you put it. This is the difference between a luxury chess set and an expensive one — everything here is doing a job, not just costing money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd underneath the show it is still a proper carved chess set built to play on. Full-size squares with room for the bronze bases, a folding hinge that takes the weight without complaint, and brass fittings that close it down to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm when the evening ends. Grand, but not precious about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\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\u003e13 kg of board — nothing shifts, nothing rattles, nothing feels light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian coat of arms inlaid in metal at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided silhouette with lattice carving right across the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA complete cast bronze army, bright against dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMount Ararat and Noah's Ark on the shield, an eagle and a lion holding it up, four dynasties quartered behind them, and below — a sword, a broken chain, wheat and a feather. Power, freedom, work, writing. It is the whole argument of a country compressed into one small inlay, set here at both ends of a board where two people sit down to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome gifts are given once in a lifetime, and this is built for that occasion — a fiftieth, a retirement, a father who taught the whole family to play. It will still be in the house when the person who gave it is remembered fondly for having done so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187260224,"sku":"100831","price":3159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3848.jpg?v=1788438352","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}