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Chess Set
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Chess set
Category
Vintage 1970s European Games
Materials
Metal
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Chess Marble Game
Located in Paris, FR
Game Chess Marble all in carved and polished marble.
Chess: L80,3xD80,3xH6cm.
small pawns: H9cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Games
Materials
Marble
$5,884
Stones Chess Game
Located in Paris, FR
Chess stones game with black and white pieces made in stone
with 24-karat gold-plated metal
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Games
Materials
Stone, Gold Plate
$4,311 / item
Marble Chess Board
Located in New York, NY
A substantial black and red burgundy marble chess or checkers game board (less the game pieces
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Games
Materials
Marble
Back Light Chess Board with Cylindrical Colorful Chess Pieces
By Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
This chess belongs to the Board Games collection designed by Orfeo Quagliata.
Exclusive
Category
2010s Mexican Game Boards
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game, Sodalite Marble
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Impressive sterling silver chess board medieval style chess set.
The chess board, made by ARVAL
Category
2010s Italian Medieval Games
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Chess Checker Board with Hand Crafted Ceramic Chess Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid Wood Chess Checker Board with small raised feet and underside felt lined.
Accompanied with
Category
20th Century Modern Games
Materials
Ceramic, Felt, Wood
Staunton Style Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Large Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A large Staunton style chess set with Ebonised and
Category
Early 20th Century British Games
Materials
Boxwood
$2,685
Elmor Travertine Chess game
Located in Paris, FR
Chess Game Elmor Travertine with structure and pieces
in carved and polished travertine. Each
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Games
Materials
Travertine
$5,271 / item
Italian Chess board - reversable tray with bronze chess pieces, Sorrento Ware
Located in Central England, GB
side for opponent’s pieces taken in a tournament.
The chess set is completed with a rare early 20th
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Games
Materials
Bronze
3 Dimensional Wooden Chess or Checker Board with Chess Players
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very unique way to play chess or checkers... the board is stairs stepped, or "3-D" look... A
Category
20th Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
STUNNING DECORATIVE ViNTAGE SPANISH CHESS BOARD WITH STAUNTON STYLE CHESS PIECES
By House of Staunton
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
well made and decorative Spanish Chessboard with Staunton style chess pieces
A truly stunning and
Category
20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Games
Materials
Boxwood
STUNNING DECORATIVE VINTAGE PERSIAN CHESS BOARD WiTH STAUNTON STYLE CHESS PIECES
By House of Staunton
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
well made and decorative Persian Chessboard with Staunton style chess pieces
A truly stunning and
Category
20th Century French Arts and Crafts Games
Materials
Boxwood
Jacques Adnet Chess Set
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning and rare original chess board and set of thirty-two game pieces were designed by
Category
Vintage 1950s French Modern Games
Materials
Leather
$9,500 / set
Vintage Set Of Chess Figures
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Large vintage Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A large Staunton style chess set with Ebonised and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Games
Materials
Wood
Back Light Chess Board with Cubic Black and White Chess Pieces
By Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
This chess belongs to the Board Games collection designed by Orfeo Quagliata.
Exclusive
Category
2010s Mexican Game Boards
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Neoclassic Wooden Chess Set
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic-style (20th Century) carved dark and light wood 32-piece chess set.
Full Set
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Games
Cubist Handmade Wood Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Handmade cubist wood chess set.
Category
Vintage 1980s Games
Materials
Wood
Hermès, Samarcande II Chess Set
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chess set in natural mahogany and cassia
- Handles in saddle-stitched H-shaped bull calf leather
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Games
Materials
Wood
Hermes Chess Set, 1985
By Rena Dumas, Hermès
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful and elegant chess set designed by Rena Dumas for Hermes circa 1985. Come with a leather
Category
Vintage 1980s French Games
Materials
Metal
$6,400 Sale Price
39% Off
Hermès Horsecut 'Samarcande' Chess Set
By Hermès
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully crafted 'Samarcande' chess set by Hermès studio. The board and pieces are made of
Category
Early 2000s Games
Materials
Mahogany
$8,500 / item
Chess Talent Walnut Set
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Chessboard in matt Canaletto walnut and white maple. It contains boxwood chessmen.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Games
Materials
Walnut
$1,380 / item
Vintage Asian Low Chess Table
Located in Denton, TX
Mid century Asian style Chess board with carved wood chess pieces and drawer for storage. This
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Games
Materials
Beech, Mahogany, Walnut
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Russian Gardner Porcelain Chess Set
By Francis Gardner
Located in Delft, NL
Francis Gardner porcelain chess set
A Russian chess set in Caricature, representing the Czarist
Category
20th Century Russian Games
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
$1,074 / set
Vintage Mother of Pearl Chess Board
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage footed chess board with mother of pearl inlaid squares and border.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Other
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game Red Jasper, Marble
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style.
The chessboard is in molten
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Renaissance Sterling Silver
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Antique Chess Storage Wooden Boxes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique walnut wooden boxes suitable for containing chess. You can choose among these four: (3
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
$420 / item
Carl Auböck Chess Set #5606
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck chess set, originally designed in the 1950s.
Authorized re-edition of a design
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Iron, Nickel
$3,875 / item
Oversized Chess Set with Carpet Board
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large-scale chess set featuring oversized pieces and a soft, carpeted chess board. A nice set for
Category
Late 20th Century Games
Materials
Plastic
Chess Game by Michel Dumas
By Michel Dumas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chess game by Michel Dumas. Located in NYC
Category
Late 20th Century French Space Age Games
Materials
Mirror, Lucite
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Malachite mid 20th century Chess Game
Located in MILL, NL
Fantastic mid-20th century chess set.
Original from Congo, Africa.
Fully inlaid with Malachite and
Category
Vintage 1950s Games
Materials
Malachite, Marble
white and black alabaster chess board
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style (19/20th Cent) white and black alabaster chess board
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Games
Materials
Alabaster
Ceramic Medieval Chessboard with Chesses, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
This Ceramic Medieval Chess is a ceramic chess set consisting of medieval characters and a wooden
Category
Vintage 1970s European Games
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Extruded Aluminum Chess Set
By ALCOA
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern extruded aluminum chess set with 32 stylized figures in the original
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
$3,750 / set
Mid-Century Modern Extruded Aluminum Chess Set
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern extruded aluminum chess set with 32 stylized figures in the original
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Metal
Vintage Japanese style Raku Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
A refined chess set with pieces that were individually handcrafted and fired in a raku kiln.
Raku
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Games
Materials
Stone
1970s Rustic Hand Carved Wood Chess and Backgammon Set from Mexico
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice unique hand carved wood chess / backgammon set portable complete .
Category
20th Century Mexican Rustic Games
Materials
Wood
Custom Chess Set and Game Table
By Bridges over Time Originals
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A custom made walnut and maple chess set and game table we commissioned. It is solidly made with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Game Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Oak, Walnut
$2,160 Sale Price / set
82% Off
20th Century Sculptural Italian Chess Game
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Brass chess board and chess game made with the ancient casting technique.
After casting, the finish
Category
Vintage 1980s Medieval Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$5,716 Sale Price
20% Off
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set.
Original postmodern Michael Graves chess and
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Resin, Wood
Romeo Rega Perspex Chess Table, 1970s Italy
By Romeo Rega
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant and beautiful chess table by Romeo Rega. Full chrome base with a thick, heavy, lucite inlay
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Game Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
American Mid-Century Mahogany and Maple Chess Board
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century mahogany and maple inlaid chess board.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Mahogany
American Mid-Century Modern Onyx Inlaid Chess Board
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern white and brown onyx inlaid chess board.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx
Antique Rustic French Stone Chess, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique rustic stone chess. By unknown manufacturer from France, circa 1940. In original
Category
Vintage 1940s French Rustic Games
Materials
Stone
$768 Sale Price
66% Off
Vintage Israeli Art Chess Set by Hans Teppich
By Hans Teppich
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool vintage Israeli art chess set by Hans Teppich, circa 1950s. The set is in very good
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Rubber
$1,500 / set
Hand-Carved Bone Chinese Asian Travel Chess Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the full chess board. Pieces are in the 1.5 - 3' height range.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Games
Materials
Bone
$2,850 / set
English Chess Game Portable, Circa Late 19th Century
By John Jaques & Son Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful antique English portable chess game set, Campaign design, turn-of-the-century, circa
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Campaign Games
Materials
Composition, Brass
Vintage French Lucite Modernist Chess Set, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A particular minimalist french chess game dated to the 1970’s. It features a modernist design with
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Chess Set by Marco Celotti Circa 1970
By Marco Celotti
Located in Hudson, NY
A one of a kind chess set by Italian American artist Marco Celotti. Created circa 1970, the set is
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Games
Materials
Pottery
$2,200 / set
19th C American Marbleized Slate Chess Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C American marbleized slate chess board, resembling fine marble inlay., in the neoclassical
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century North American Neoclassical Games
Materials
Slate
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Lucite Chess Set in Travel Case
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s lucite chess set. The pieces are in a smoky brown and clear acrylic with a fitted case with
Category
Vintage 1970s American Games
Materials
Acrylic
$1,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Original Vintage 1966 Austin Cox Chess Set
By Austin Enterprises
Located in North Miami, FL
Marked Austin Enterprises to the bottom of every piece, this wonderful vintage aluminum chess game
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Signed Acrylic Modernist Bauhaus Inspired Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large, and quite spectacular acrylic MidCentury chess set. The board is very thick and
Category
20th Century Bauhaus Games
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage marble with brass chess set by Chiellini , 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Vintage marble with brass chess set by Chiellini , 1970s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Marble
American Mid Century Walnut Portable Chess set 1970's
Located in San Diego, CA
american solid walnut portable chess set elegant in walnut cherry and birch woods nice and clean.
Category
20th Century American Rustic Games
Materials
Birch, Walnut
Set of Beautifully Crafted Artisan Made Chess Pieces
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Marvelously detailed handmade carved wood set of 32 chest pieces having wonderful embellishments with card motifs such as king, heart, clubs and the like. Sizes vary .
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Games
Materials
Metal
Vintage Solid Wood Travel Chess Set by HK Switzerland
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice vintage solid wood travel chess set by HK Switzerland, circa 1950s. The set is a
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Games
Materials
Wood
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Antique Chess Boards For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique chess boards for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique chess boards — often made from wood, metal and stone — can elevate any home. Find 924 antique and vintage antique chess boards at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 83 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of antique chess boards available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. mid-century modern, Victorian and modern antique chess boards are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique chess boards over the years, but those made by Michael Graves (b.1934), Werkstätte Carl Auböck and Austin E. Cox are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Finding the Right Games for You
There’s no better way to wind down after a week of work than with a well-designed antique, new or vintage game.
A beautifully designed contemporary or vintage game can introduce an element of fun to any room in your home — and it doesn’t have to be limited to the game room. The right mid-century or antique chess set or backgammon board can mean high stakes as well as high style for any entertainment room or cheery home bar area, with works from the period proving as pivotal to relaxation as they are eye-catching statement pieces.
While trends come and go, a unique vintage games table never goes out of style. Chess has an enduring and universal appeal, of which we were reminded following 2020’s successful Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, while classic tric-trac tables are showstoppers in a secretive way, affording party guests a treasury of gaming under the guise of a fine neoclassical writing desk. But in shopping for the latter, strategize your next move carefully — an 18th-century tric-trac table designed in the Louis XVI style can get costly. Gambling games are always on trend, and, in a pinch, you can turn your standard console table or coffee table into a platform for roulette, cards or craps to introduce a little cheeky fun at your next soiree.
Table games such as pool, foosball and Ping-Pong — which is getting a makeover in the hands of today’s designers — can transform your already winning game room, while integrating games or games tables in any corner of your home can support your effort to make every bit of your space more warm and inviting. Browse a vast collection of antique, new and vintage games today on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Chess Boards
- What is the best chess board?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021Chess boards are made from different types of material – it is really a matter of preference. Materials such as wood, ivory, glass, plastic, clay, stone, and various metals have been used over time to create chess boards. An assortment of antique and vintage chessboards is available on 1stDibs.
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