{"product_id":"russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first thing you notice is the shape. This board is not a square — it is cut with twelve sides, so the corners come off at angles and the whole thing reads as an object rather than a playing surface. The wide borders are carved in a fine lattice, and at each end the double-headed eagle of Russia is inlaid into the wood. It is a carved chess set that announces itself before a single piece is placed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is bronze, thirty-two ornate figures standing on pale bases, one side left bright and one darkened, framed by bronze coordinate markers along the field. At 9 kg this luxury chess set is genuinely heavy — pieces land with a sound, the board does not shift when somebody leans on the table, and nothing about it feels like an ornament that happens to have squares on it. And it still folds to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm when the game is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\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: 9 kg \/ 19.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA twelve-sided board — nothing else in the range is cut this way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Russian double-headed eagle inlaid at both ends of the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice carving across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 kg of board and a complete cast bronze army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo heads, looking east and west at once — an emblem that came to Russia in the fifteenth century and has outlasted every government since. On a chess board it fits almost too neatly: a game about seeing both sides of the position at the same time, under a bird that does exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a statement gift and it should be given as one — a retirement, a milestone birthday, an office that needs something on the table people will actually stop at. Nobody receives this and puts it in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187424064,"sku":"100754-BRONZE","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3785.jpg?v=1788438358","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}