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French Chess Sets

The Chess Game By Georges Croegaert
By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Church. In The Chess Game, elaborate furniture and exotic fabrics are set against lavish wall coverings
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Two Hands, Mid Century Surrealist mixed media Signed/N (Gemini 20 Anselmino 61)
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
. His photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, films, and even a chess set were included in three
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Screen, Engraving

Vous serez consolés dans Jérusalem by Theo Tobiasse - Mixed media
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in London, GB
, Tobiasse painted and played chess with his father, the chessboard pattern becoming a regular motif in his
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1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media

"Le Retour (Return), " Color Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte
By René Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
scene is set at night. Art: 19.38 x 25.13 in Frame: 33.36 x 39.63 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Baden Baden, Casino
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Baden Baden, Casino
Baden Baden, Casino
H 42 in W 48 in D 0.01 in
Left Bank Cafe, Paris
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Left Bank Cafe, Paris
Left Bank Cafe, Paris
H 32.25 in W 44 in D 0.01 in
Prowling Leopard
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
social panoramas like the horse races at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Prowling Leopard
Prowling Leopard
H 40 in W 48 in D 1.9 in
Chess Game Set French Israeli Surrealist Watercolor Gouache Painting
By Zvi Milshtein
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large hand signed mixed media paiting on Arches French paper. A chess game encounter
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

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La Princesse et le Bouffon
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: La Princesse et le Bouffon Year: 1978 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 60/175 in pencil Paper: Wove Image siz...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri Matisse - Acrobat Edition of 200 with the printed signature, as issued 80 x 60 cm Posthumous edition after the original paper cut-out with stamp of the Succession Matisse...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
"A Reverie During The Ball", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Rogelio Egusquiza
By Rogelio de Egusquiza y Barrena
Located in Madrid, ES
ROGELIO DE EGUSQUIZA Spanish, 1845 - 1915 A REVERIE DURING THE BALL signed and dated "Rogelio Egusquiza, 1879" (lower right) oil on canvas 21-3/4 X 33-5/8 inches (55 X 85cm.) framed:...
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1870s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salvador Dali - The Kidnapping - Original Etching on Silk
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Kidnapping - from "Les Amours de Cassandre" Original Etching From the suite on Silk made for editions 9 to 34 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1968 References : Michler...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

8 Panel Japanese Cherry Blossom Painting Byobu Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Vintage 8 Panel Japanese Cherry Blossom Painting Byobu Folding Screen Room Divider. Item features a double sided screen, cherry blossom watercolor painting print(?), large impr...
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Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Taroudant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed, inscribed and dated "R. Pinatel / Taroudant / 1926" (lower right) Oil on panel A stunning ode to the Moroccan landscape, this oil on panel was composed by the French Orienta...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Steve Chase Iconic Channel Sofa From Celebrity Estate in New Creme Upholstery
By Martin Battrud, Steve Chase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The most desired sofa we have ever had in 13 years of business is the channel sofas that Steve Chase designed in the 1980s - 1990s. We were always going to keep this one for ourselve...
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric

Les Bijoux Indiscrets
By René Magritte
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Bijoux Indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels) Color lithograph, 1962-3 As published in XXeme Siecle, 1963 From the edition issued by San Lazarro unsigned for the album XXeme Siècle N...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Pair Of Keith Haring Screen Prints on Paper, Signed
By Keith Haring
Located in Waxahachie, TX
DESCRIPTION: (2 Pc) Pair of framed vintage Keith Haring screen prints on paper. Includes: (1 Pc) Keith Haring screenprint on paper. "Untitled (Cup Man"), 1989. (1 Pc) Keith Haring sc...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

3 Panel Bamboo and Parrot Print Folding Screen, 1940
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1940 Bamboo room divider folding screen with a tropical parrot print on each panel. This bamboo folding room divider screen was 3 panels each 72" Tall by 18" wide. Each divi...
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Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bamboo

Vue prise des Collettes, Cagnes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Landscape painting
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in London, GB
Vue prise des Collettes, Cagnes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Oil on canvas 28 x 45.7 cm (11 x 18 inches) Signed lower left, Renoir Executed circa 1910-1911 This work is acco...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Renaissance by Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Flatware Set 156 Pcs Herbst Estate
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Renaissance by Tiffany & Co sterling silver Flatware set - 156 pieces. This multi-motif pattern was designed by Paulding Farmhan and was introduced in the year 1905. This set ...
Category

Early 20th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Every Day - Magritte lithograph, limited edition, surrealistic landscape
By René Magritte
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Every Day" is a limited edition (31/100) fine art lithograph from Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte's work of the same name. It depicts in his typical surrealist style a mou...
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1960s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

19Thc Folky American Indian Totem Pole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing antique American Indian totem pole came from a trading post in New Mexico originally.We obtained it from a Folk art collection in California. It is in great original con...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Large French Judaica Lithograph Carborundum Etching Jewish Hebrew Embossing
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Surfside, FL
Theo Tobiasse Suite: Shavuot Festival Year: 1984 Medium: Original carborundum embossed etching lithograph in colors on Arches paper (deckle edged paper) Signature: Hand signed by t...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
By Charles Zacharie Landelle
Located in New Orleans, LA
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco Signed (center right) Oil on canvas In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a ...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Chess Game Rubinstein Nimzowitsch Set French Israeli Surrealist Aquatint Etching
By Zvi Milshtein
Located in Surfside, FL
This is numbered by hand in pencil and signed in pencil. A famous chess encounter Akiba Rubinstein
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Portrait of Jan van Reynegom (1584-1640) date 1612; Antique Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
faithful reflections of the sitter's own clothing and artists portrayed their clients in the manner set out
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

NUDE IN RED
By Giacomo de Pass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Moulin de Peymeinade in the South of France. He sets out on an unusual course encouraged by his
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sandy Koufax (Signed by Sandy Koufax)
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Missouri, MO
contests, as well as social panoramas like the horse races at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Chess Players
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
30, 1840 in Paris and died July 26, 1902 in Paris, is a French painter and playwright. He began an
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1880s Academic Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Imagery of Chess.
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
and "French" sets used in everyday chess and tournament play.
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1940s More Art

Materials

Paper

The Imagery of Chess.
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
and "French" sets used in everyday chess and tournament play.
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1940s More Art

Materials

Paper

The Imagery of Chess.
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
and "French" sets used in everyday chess and tournament play.
Category

1940s More Art

Materials

Paper

The Imagery of Chess.
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
differed from the traditional and formal Staunton and "French" sets used in everyday chess and tournament
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1940s More Art

Materials

Paper

Giacomo de Pass Fantastical Painting, Dated 1971
By Giacomo de Pass
Located in Larchmont, NY
Peymeinade in the South of France. He sets out on an unusual course encouraged by his friend and gallerist
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Munich, Olympic 1972, Mark Spitz
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
all seven, and set a world record in every one. Mark Spitz held the record for most gold medals won at
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Jockey of Hearts
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Missouri, MO
at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold
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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Diamond Head, Hawaii
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Diamond Head, Hawaii
Diamond Head, Hawaii
H 34.25 in W 44.25 in D 0.01 in
Rabbi Meditating Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Chabad Chassidim Judaica
By Arie Meiseles
Located in Surfside, FL
several languages, u. a. French and English. He had graduated from a business school and was an accountant
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oil Portrait Painting by Alex De Andreis
By Alex De Andreis
Located in Gallatin, TN
An original oil portrait of a cavalier by highly regarded French artist Alex De Andreis (1871
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
By Rafał Olbiński
Located in Manhattan, NY
entitled Art at the Turn of the Century. In 2002 his set design debut for the Opera Company of
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled
H 17 in W 15 in D 1 in
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French Chess Sets For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of french chess sets for sale on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect modern, Expressionist or Surrealist examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the french chess sets that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of beige, black, brown and gray. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Leroy Neiman, Marcel Duchamp, Zvi Milshtein, René Magritte and Théo Tobiasse are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in screen print, mixed media and paper — can elevate any room of your home. Large french chess sets can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 7.75 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.

How Much are French Chess Sets?

The average selling price for french chess sets we offer is $5,300, while they’re typically $1,200 on the low end and $30,298 for the highest priced.
Questions About French Chess Sets
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Pieces from the oldest known chess set are on display at the State Museum of Culture History of Uzbekistan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The seven figurines are known as the Afrasiab chessmen and date back to the 6th to 8th centuries. Shop a range of antique chess sets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A gilded chess set is a game set that includes a board and chess pieces that are highly decorative. Traditionally, the word gilded indicates something covered in gold. However, for chess sets, it can describe any pieces that feature decorative embellishments, such as carvings or inlays. You'll find a selection of antique and vintage chess sets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    The name of the oldest European chess set is the Venafro Chess Set. Experts estimate that artisans produced the set sometime between 885 to 1017 CE, and archaeologists discovered it in a Roman tomb in 1932. On 1stDibs, find a variety of chess sets from some of the world’s top sellers.