{"product_id":"mount-ararat-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","title":"Luxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Mount Ararat","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Backgammon Table with Mount Ararat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid is a landscape. Ararat's twin peaks inlaid in gold-toned wood, a monastery below them, fields running out in front — all of it laid in contrasting timber rather than drawn on, and framed by carved scrollwork. Closed, on its cabriole legs, this Armenian backgammon table is simply a beautiful side table with the country's own mountain on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it flat and a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field appears, inlaid in light and dark beech with carved ornaments at each end, and 32 checkers, a dice cup and dice ready to go. Every Armenian house has nardi in it somewhere; this is the version that does not have to be brought out and set up, because it is already the furniture. You pull two chairs over and start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding backgammon table on carved cabriole legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice cup and dice\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\u003eClosed: 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: 12 kg \/ 26.5 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChecker material: beech and walnut wood\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\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in gold-toned wood, with the monastery and fields below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved scrollwork framing the whole scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real table at playing height, not a board you put on one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat and doubles as a side table between games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah's mountain, visible from Yerevan every clear morning and outside the border since 1921. Armenians have carved and inlaid it onto everything they make for exactly that reason — it is not a view, it is the thing that stayed. Having it on the table the family plays nardi around is about as Armenian as an object gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a father, a grandfather, a house in the diaspora. Every table is finished by hand, so no two are alike — and this one arrives with its own carrying bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098183360832,"sku":"100361","price":1159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3394.jpg?v=1788438242","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/mount-ararat-backgammon-table-handmade-armenian-beech-wood","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}