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