{"product_id":"mount-ararat-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the grand one of the Ararat boards. Warm walnut, a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field, and borders carved with leaves and scrollwork that run corner to corner rather than stopping politely at the edges. Above the handle, twin-peaked Mount Ararat is inlaid into the wood — small, exact, and the first thing any Armenian in the room will point at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this size the game changes a little. The squares are wide enough that the pieces stand clear of each other, so a crowded middlegame stays readable and nobody knocks a rook over reaching across. It is still a folding chess set: it closes to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm with all 32 turned pieces inside and lifts by the handle. A carved chess set this big usually means a permanent installation. This one you can still put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\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: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\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\u003eHand-carved leaf and scrollwork borders running the full width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in wood above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field — the size players ask for and rarely get in a folding board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to half its width with the pieces stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah's mountain, the emblem of Armenia, and — since the border was drawn in 1921 — just out of reach on the other side of it. Every clear morning in Yerevan it is there on the skyline, and every Armenian craftsman has carved it at some point. It is not a landscape. It is a way of saying we are still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig, warm, and unmistakably from somewhere. This is the board for the head of a family — the one that ends up in the front room and gets used every time the grandchildren visit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186801472,"sku":"103391","price":569.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1687259353809.jpg?v=1788438335","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/mount-ararat-carved-folding-chess-set","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}