Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Turquoise Epoxy and Bronze Pieces

Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Turquoise Epoxy and Bronze Pieces

The board is walnut — properly dark, properly heavy — and the squares cut into it are filled with marbled turquoise epoxy. It is an unusual pairing, and that is the point. Turquoise is a bright, almost tropical colour; walnut is the most serious wood in the workshop. Put them together and the resin reads like stone set into timber rather than colour laid on top of it. Brass coordinate markers run along the edges, the way they do on a board meant to be played on properly.

Then there is the army. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures, every one of them standing on a white base, so the pieces separate cleanly from the squares and catch the light the way the resin does. What surprises most people is that a luxury chess set this heavy still folds: 15.7" / 40 cm open, half of that closed, board and bronze together in one bag. Sets this good usually stay where they are put. This one you can take with you.

What's Included

• Folding walnut chess board with turquoise epoxy squares
• 32 ornate bronze chess pieces on white bases
• Carrying bag

Specifications

• Open board: 15.7 x 15.7" / 40 x 40 cm
• Folded: 15.7 x 7.9" / 40 x 20 cm
• Weight: 4 kg / 8.8 lb
• Material: walnut wood, epoxy resin and bronze
• Brass coordinate markers
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• Real walnut, not a stained lookalike — the grain runs right through the light squares
• Marbled turquoise epoxy, different on every board that leaves the workshop
• A full bronze army with the weight and detail of cast metal
• Folds flat on a central hinge and travels in its own bag

A Gift Worth Giving

Bronze pieces on turquoise resin is not a quiet gift. It is for the person who already has a plain wooden set and would never buy themselves a second one — which is exactly why somebody else has to.