Luxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving

Luxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving

Sixteen sides. Every corner cut away and cut away again, until the board stops being a square and becomes something closer to a polished disc with edges. It takes a great deal more work than a straight cut and it changes the whole feel of the object — people reach out and run a hand round the rim before they look at the squares. Between the edge and the field, wide borders carved in a fine lattice do the rest.

Inside all that shaping is a serious playing surface: a full 23.6" / 60 cm of maple and walnut inlay with 32 turned pieces to fill it. And despite the size and the silhouette, this carved chess set folds in half on its hinge and lifts by a built-in handle, closing to 23.6 x 11.8" / 60 x 30 cm with everything stored inside. A board that looks like a display piece and behaves like equipment.

What's Included

• Sixteen-sided folding chess board with a built-in carry handle
• 32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood
• Carrying bag

Specifications

• Open board: 23.6 x 23.6" / 60 x 60 cm
• Folded: 23.6 x 11.8" / 60 x 30 cm
• Weight: 5 kg / 11 lb
• Material: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay
• Built-in carry handle
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• A sixteen-sided silhouette — far harder to cut than it looks, and unlike anything else on a table
• Lattice carving worked across the full width of the borders
• Full 23.6" / 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut inlay
• Still folds and carries by its own handle

A Gift Worth Giving

Give this to the person who already owns a good chess set. They do not need another square board — they need the one that makes visitors stop mid-sentence and ask what it is.