{"product_id":"mount-ararat-chess-set-with-scrollwork-border","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Armenian household knows this mountain. It sits on the horizon above Yerevan, snow on both peaks, and it is on the far side of a border nobody in the family crossed. Here it is inlaid into the lid of a folding walnut chess board, small and precise, with hand-carved scrollwork flowing around it — a carved chess set that carries the one image an Armenian will recognise from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board itself is honest, useful equipment. Walnut and beech, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm of playing field, 32 turned pieces, and a built-in carry handle cut into the folded edge so you can pick the whole thing up in one hand and go. That last part changes how a wooden chess set gets used. It stops being furniture and starts being something you take to your brother's house on a Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding 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: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 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\u003eMount Ararat inlaid into the lid — the image, not a printed picture of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved scrollwork running the full border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real carry handle: one hand, no bag needed if you are only going next door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and still gives a full-size playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArarat is where the Ark came to rest, and it has been the emblem of Armenia for longer than any flag. It is also, since 1921, outside the country's borders — visible from the capital every clear day and unreachable. That is why it turns up carved, inlaid and painted on so much Armenian work: it is not scenery. It is the thing that did not move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to someone in the diaspora and you are giving them two things at once — a board good enough to play serious games on, and a mountain they can keep in the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188046656,"sku":"101686","price":279.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2069.jpg?v=1788438377","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/mount-ararat-chess-set-with-scrollwork-border","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}