{"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","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/geghard-monastery-carved-backgammon-board","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}