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Victorian Chessboard Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Victorian walnut side table with a chessboard decorated top. Whimsical characters on one set of
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19th Century Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Walnut

Antique Victorian Chessboard Side Table
Victorian Chessboard Side Table
H 29 in W 20 in D 20 in
English Regency Rosewood Flip Chessboard Table
Located in New York, NY
chessboard top centering 2 side shelves with drawers.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Chessboard

Materials

Brass

Italian Chessboard Made from Fruitwood From 1860s
Located in Lejre, DK
The Italian chess table, created around the 1860s, is a magnificent representation of traditional craftsmanship and artistic skill. It is richly decorated with various intarsia of fr...
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1860s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Chessboard

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair of Italian Neoclassical Chessboard Parquetry Inlaid Tables
Located in Forney, TX
reproduction features a rectangular hinged flip-top lid with chessboard - checkers game board inlay framed by
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Chessboard

Materials

Brass

Chessboard Brass, Stainless Steel, Bakelite, Original from 1970-Design
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Foggia, FG
Chessboard brass, stainless steel, Bakelite, original from 1970 -Design- Year: 1970s
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Early 20th Century European American Classical Antique Chessboard

Materials

Metal, Brass

Italian antique Wooden game table with chessboard, early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique Wooden game table with chessboard, early 1900s Game table with chessboard
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wood

EXQUISITE WALNUT SATINWOOD & HARDWOOD ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN CHESSBOARD GAMES TABLE
Located in GB
, exquisite, hand made in England Victorian circa 1860-1880 mahogany framed Chessboard Games table with Walnut
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut

Antique Game Table Chessboard Birdcage Mahogany Satinwood Tripod England
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant mahogany game table with satinwood and mahogany marquetry chessboard has a tilted
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1780s English George III Antique Chessboard

Materials

Satinwood, Mahogany

Chessboard, Backgammon Table, Wooden Marquetry Games Table, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chessboard, Backgammon Table, Wooden Marquetry Games Table, Early 20th Century. Chessboard
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Early 20th Century European British Colonial Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wood

ANTIQUE GEORGIAN CIRCA 1820 CHiNESE CHINOISERIE CHESSBOARD BACKGAMMON TABLE
Located in GB
Georgian circa 1820 gold gilt and lacquered Chinese Chinoiserie Chessboard and backgammon games table
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1820s Chinese Georgian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wood

19th Century English Regency Flip Top Chessboard Games Table
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality, exquisitely handcrafted, antique English games / sewing table finished in Regency taste. Born during the third quarter of the 19th century, featuring stunning burl wa...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Chessboard

Materials

Leather, Satinwood, Walnut

Antique Victorian Staunton Chess Pieces Set + Italian Marble Giltwood Chessboard
Located in GB
fine Italian marble giltwood chessboard A truly stunning and highly collectable suite, the board is
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19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Marble

Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
By Jaques of London, House of Staunton
Located in GB
leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa 1880, a travel chess
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood

Early 20th Century Large Wooden Inlaid Squared Italian Chessboard Box, 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
Exquisite large wooden inlaid squared chessboard box. This fantastic item was designed in Italy
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Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Chessboard

Materials

Oak, Pine, Wood

ANTIQUE CIRCA 1900 ANGLO INDIAN INLAID CHESSBOARD AND PIECES STUNNiNG TIMBER
Located in GB
1900 Anglo Indian Export Chessboard and pieces A truly stunning and highly collectable suite, the
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Early 1900s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood, Boxwood, Walnut

Restored Victorian 1880 Burr Walnut Tilt Top Chessboard Backgammon Games Table
Located in GB
Walnut, tilt top Chessboard games table with beautifully crafted base and marquetry inlaid top A very
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1880s French High Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Walnut

1885 DATED ANTiQUE WALNUT HARDWOOD CHESSBOARD FOLDING GAMES CHESS TRAY TABLE
Located in GB
hand made in England 1885 dated folding cards Chessboard games table with removable tray top Please
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood, Walnut

Fine Regency Nest of Hardwood Tables with Chessboard Top Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
from very fine hardwood and have the main table has a Burr walnut and hardwood chessboard. This is just
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1810s English Regency Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood, Walnut

Sadeli Micro Bone Inlay Backgammon/Chess Board
Located in Sharon, CT
Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Bone

Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut marquetry games table
Located in Ipswich, GB
outstanding quality burr walnut inlaid floral marquetry swizzle top opening to reveal a inlaid chessboard and
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Scandinavian Flat-Weave Wool Rug Woven Initials & Date to Edge 'Io 1928'
Located in New York, NY
design there are borders along longer edge with a black and purple chessboard motif and the wide stripes
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Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

American Rustic Chess Game Table with Slat Twig and Root Design
Located in New York, NY
design base and penwork chess / chessboard center top.   
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wood

Old Wooden Chess in a simple Metal Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
with grape is English and is a gift for You. I hope You have a game table with chessboard (like I have
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Early 20th Century English Other Antique Chessboard

Materials

Fruitwood

Old Wooden Chess in a simple Metal Box
Old Wooden Chess in a simple Metal Box
H 2.96 in W 7.88 in D 5.12 in
Chess Console Table, Louis XVI Style, Game Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
. The center forms the chessboard. The rear legs can be moved backwards. This reveals a compartment
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chessboard

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Kazak Rug
Located in New York, NY
tomato madder red field with a characteristic cream octagon with small chessboard mosaic corners. The
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1890s Caucasian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Antique Kazak Rug
Antique Kazak Rug
W 67 in L 88 in
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Marquetry Chess Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
has a large chessboard made by a marquetry work with maple and walnut wood. The table stands on four
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Chessboard

Materials

Maple, Spruce, Walnut

CIRCA 1850 MALBY & CO MAP OF SWiTZERLAND BY BAUERKELLER BURR WALNUT CHESS TABLE
By Malby & Co.
Located in GB
kind, circa 1850 Malby & Co London Burr Walnut chessboard table with green baize card playing surface
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1850s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Walnut

Antique Qashqai Kashkai Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
/ecru chessboard line at one end characteristically Qashghai. Well-woven southwest Persian tribal
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1910s Persian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Regency Maplewood Lyre-End Games Table, circa 1825
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
chessboard and removes to reveal a backgammon board. Gallery 3/4" high. dotsend enquiry circa 1825
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Chessboard

Materials

Maple

A Victorian pietra dura specimen marble topped walnut occasional/games table
Located in Central England, GB
geometric ribboned boarder and a circular centre inlaid with specimen marbles in a square chessboard pattern
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Walnut

An English Regency period penwork occasional table
Located in Lymington, GB
nature of the artist. Chessboard tops are a common subject. Layers of varnish would have originally been
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19th Century English Regency Antique Chessboard

Materials

Serpentine

Wood and leather game box - Italy, 19th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
", coloured black and white. In the opposite side, the chessboard is decorated with 64 light brown and dark
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19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Chessboard

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Continental European Embossed Leather Games Table
Located in Forney, TX
embossed leather top with chessboard, crown, stylized cross and fleur-de-lis motif, pine frame with quality
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Leather, Wood, Pine

Rare William IV Hardwood Occasional Table with Brown Leather Chess Games Top
Located in GB
mahogany occasional table with brown leather chessboard top. A very rare example, I have never seen this
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1830s English William IV Antique Chessboard

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Table in Semiprecious Stone, Tuscany, England, Mid-19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Circular top in marble committed, with polychrome chessboard in the center; the marble is framed in
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Mid-19th Century Italian Other Antique Chessboard

Materials

Marble

18th Century Baroque Card Table, Germany, 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
. The outside of the top decorated with a chessboard. The opened table top is covered with green leather
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1760s German Baroque Antique Chessboard

Materials

Cherry, Elm, Walnut

Backgammon Table with Marquetry and Inlay Decoration, Syria, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
and a chessboard. The closed game board is sheathed in ochre leather, which doubles as a writing table
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19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Chessboard

Materials

Stone

Specimen Games Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in New Orleans, LA
surrounding an Ashford marble chessboard, is raised atop a carved rosewood crown designed to display the full
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19th Century English Regency Antique Chessboard

Materials

Stone

Specimen Games Table Attributed to Gillows
Specimen Games Table Attributed to Gillows
H 29.5 in W 25.25 in D 25.25 in
Restauration Period Gilt Bronze and Semi-Precious Stone Surtout
Located in London, GB
and a central interior surface of semi precious stones inlaid together in a chessboard pattern. Lapis
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Chessboard

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Serpentine, Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu

Lovely Victorian Ebonized Game Table made by Jennens and Bettridge
By Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Crawley, GB
top inlaid with a mother-of-pearl chessboard, this table it was made by Jennens and Bettridge between
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1850s British Early Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Oak

Antique Navajo Rug
Located in New York, NY
are oblique in grey, red, ecru and black, while in the wider panels the chessboard effect is rendered
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1920s American Navajo Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Antique Navajo Rug
Antique Navajo Rug
W 42 in L 60 in
Longcase Clock, Moonphases, Date and Seconds, John Clifton Liverpool, circa 1785
By John Clifton
Located in Greven, DE
a chessboard-like hatched background is also typical of the region. With their C-sweeps, the corner
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1780s English Louis XVI Antique Chessboard

Materials

Mahogany

DISTRESSED ANTIQUE BURR WALNUT & HARDWOOD SEWiNG WORK TABLE CHESS BOARD TOP
Located in GB
circa 1860-1880 Burr Walnut, work sewing table with Chessboard top and a beautifully crafted base in
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood, Walnut

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mahogany “Tric Trac” Games Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
leather surface with fine gold tooled details on one side and a beautiful chessboard on the other. The top
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chessboard

Materials

Mahogany

Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
a score. Finely chiselled, embossed and gilded precious metal vessels and a chessboard complete the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chessboard

Materials

Oil

19th Century Rare Large Chinese Gilt Lacquer Gaming Board Box with Chesses
Located in Brea, CA
is very large unique piece, The outer part of the box acting as a chessboard and jacquet game.The
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chessboard

Materials

Lacquer

Ladies Desk with Fine Marquetry, Attributed to Beurdeley, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
a chessboard with opposing grain patterns. Framed like cartouches, views of towns and villages can
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Chessboard

Materials

Rosewood

EXQUISITE THOMAS CHIPPENDALE STYLE CLAW & BALL FEET EXTENDiNG CHESS BOARD TABLE
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
occasional table, the table top with the chess section is intentionally lighter so you can see the chessboard
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1920s English Art Deco Antique Chessboard

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century English William IV Period Mahogany Games Table Sewing Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A period William IV English mahogany sewing stand work table with inlaid chessboard top. circa
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Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Chessboard

Materials

Iron

Antique Chinese Art Deco Baotou Rug with Scholar Pictorial
By Walter Nichols
Located in Dallas, TX
objects arranged in a still life design. A Chinese scroll, book, chessboard, lute, and florals are
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Edwardian Satinwood Hand-Painted Metamorphic Game Table
By Sheraton Revival
Located in Chicago, IL
surface for playing cards. It has a rosewood and satinwood parquetry chessboard and cribbage board that
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1910s English Edwardian Antique Chessboard

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Giant Bishop Chess Piece Wooden
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid
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1910s Unknown American Classical Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s Rug with Confucian Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
, chessboard, books, and scrolls, all of which are featured prominently in this piece, represented not only in
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Antique Nomadic Sumak Rug - 5'10'' X 4'3''
Located in Los Angeles, US
center of the rug had a king of chessboard design with small floral motifs in each square. The borders
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1910s Tribal Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Antique Nomadic Sumak Rug - 5'10'' X 4'3''
Antique Nomadic Sumak Rug - 5'10'' X 4'3''
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W 51 in L 70 in
18th Century, Italian Wood Ringtone and Alarm Table Clock with Gilt Bronze
Located in IT
coloring that creates a chessboard surface with hexagonal dowels. The dial is in enamelled metal foil, with
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Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Chessboard

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Handmade Mongolian Art Deco Style Room Size Carpet In Neutral
Located in New York, NY
there are antique small rugs (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique
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Early 20th Century Mongolian Art Deco Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Handmade Chinese Ningxia Square Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Handmade Chinese Peking Long Gallery Carpet in Cream & Blue
Located in New York, NY
(sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique Tibetan carpets are known. Also
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Chessboard

Materials

Wool

Chessboard
Located in Dorking, Surrey
A good late 19th century Ebony and Gilt Chess board.
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Early 20th Century English Antique Chessboard

Materials

Ebony

Chessboard
H 15.77 in W 0 in D 0 in
Chessboard or Chequerboard
Located in Dorking, Surrey
A good 19th century chequerboard
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Chessboard

Chessboard or Chequerboard
H 0 in W 0 in D 0 in
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Antique Chessboard For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique chessboard available at 1stDibs. Each antique chessboard for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and walnut. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique chessboard — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right antique chessboard, those designed in Victorian, Regency and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Antique Chessboard?

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