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Syrian Moorish Inlaid Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Wooden Game Board Box
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic design and gorgeous craftsmanship. The board/box is made of various wood, mother-of
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20th Century Syrian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine Vintage Large French Polished Santos Mahogany Satinwood Folding Chess Set
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Chess Set of outstanding quality, good weight and seldom offered generous proportions (20" square
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
H 3.25 in W 20 in D 20 in
Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in Studio City, CA
various wood inlays. A genuine work of art. A set of backgammon and chess pieces are included (please note
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20th Century Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
H 1.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
Micro Mosaic Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Pen Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Indo-Persian Khatam Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them
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Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1920 Persian Khatam Kari Footed Wooden Circular Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards. The fact is they emerged from a culture which had mastered
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Late 20th Century Indian Islamic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess
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Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Bone
1950s Anglo Indian Style Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950's Anglo Indian, Indo Persian style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Large vintage
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Antique Micro Mosaic Indo Persian Moorish Inlaid Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a
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Early 20th Century Lebanese Islamic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Hexagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Middle Eastern Persian Micro Mosaic Khatam Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Chess Set
Located in Irving, TX
handsome chess set will become the focal point of the room. Marble and brass chess pieces are abstract
Category
2010s Games
Materials
Stone, Gold
Balinese Chess set in casket- box, 20th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Balinese Chess set in box, 20th Century
A chess set in a box, this hand-carved wooden set with
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Games
Materials
Wood
Modernist Boxed Wood Chess Pieces
Located in Garnerville, NY
A fine boxed set of carved wood modernist chessmen. The two sets are made of hardwood and
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Wood
Austin Cox Chess Set
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Austin Cox.
Set comes with original box with wonderful vintage aluminum chess pieces
1966, Austin
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Vintage 1950s Games
Materials
Aluminum
Jacques Staunton Chess Set
By Jaques of London
Located in Flower Mound, TX
Jaques of London. Original Staunton limited edition chess set, no. 035184 (kings 9cm), in original
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20th Century English Other Games
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade & Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
is all handmade. The chess set is complete with 32 wood chess pieces. The box is also handmade of
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Antique Late 19th Century British Edwardian Games
Materials
Brass
H 1.5 in W 6.75 in D 3.38 in
Handmade Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game walnut Inlaid box, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
. The chess set is complete with 32 wood pieces having pegged bases. The jointed box is handmade of
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Games
Materials
Brass
Otterburn Chess Set, Board & Box — Solid Hand-Patinated Brass and Walnut
By Richy Almond, Novocastrian
Located in Washington, GB
A special chess set in solid, hand-patinated brass and walnut. Handcrafted in the North to order
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Games
Materials
Limestone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Stone, Sheet Metal, Brass, Sta...
H 4.73 in W 19.3 in D 19.3 in
African chess set of Namibia
Located in Delft, NL
African chess set of Namibia
An African chess set with figures of Namibia, made by hand of walnut
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Late 20th Century Namibian Games
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Vintage Staunton Design Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
collar except the rooks and knights.
Size shown is for the box.
Staunton chess sets were first made
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Games
Materials
Wood
Weighted Club Chess Set Kings Staunton Pattern No. 5 Boxed, Circa 1930
By House of Staunton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
, having the British chess Magazine label to the lid. The box looks to be original to the set. This set was
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Games
Materials
Hardwood
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a
Category
Early 20th Century British Medieval Games
Materials
Resin, Pine
1970s Gorgeous Piero Fornasetti Chess Board - Game Set Box. Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous Piero Fornasetti Chess board - Game set Box for Dal Negro in walnut wood , the set
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Walnut, Wood
1960s Carl Aubock Werkstatte #5606 Nickel Chess Set in Box Vintage Midcentury
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Carl Aubock III
chess set
Austria, 1968
Beech, stained beech, nickel-plated steel, enameled
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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Nickel
H 1.63 in W 18 in D 6 in
Staunton Fierce Knight Weighted Club Chess Set 8.5cm Kings Jointed Box, 19th C
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality and complete English handmade hardwood "Weighted" Club Chess Set game
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Games
Materials
Hardwood
H 3.5 in W 6.5 in D 4.5 in
Oversized Wooden Chess Set, 1980s USSR
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large oversized folding wooden chess set made in the USSR in the 1980s. Box unfolds into chess
Category
Vintage 1980s American Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Charles Hollis Jones Lucite Chess Set with Original Nickel Base and Box, Signed
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning chess set designed by the Lucite master, Charles Hollis Jones.
The set is from the mid
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Nickel
H 8 in W 21.5 in D 21.5 in
1980s Mexican Hand Carved Onyx Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Mexican hand carved onyx chess set. I’m original box.
Category
Vintage 1980s Games
Materials
Onyx
Italian Lapis Blue/Mustard Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Amethyst/White Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in North Hollywood, CA
checkers set.
Maple wood chess and checkers set with board and box by famed architect Michael Graves
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Resin, Wood
Russian Dolerite, Malachite & Kascholong Opal Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Russian dolerite, malachite and Kascholong opal chess set. Consists of black dolerite squares
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Games
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Opal, Gold Plate, Brass
Mid-Century Chess Set by Robert Rosenwald
Located in Brooklyn, NY
chess sets in his life, including four sets that were featured on the cover of Chess Review magazine
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Paper
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box Kings, ca 1950
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
H 2.25 in W 7.8 in D 6 in
19th C Antique Chess Set Game Regency Shape with 96mm Kings in Pine Lidded Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
box with a sliding lid, which we date to the turn of the 19th Century, Circa 1900.
The chess set is
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Antique Late 19th Century British Régence Games
Materials
Hardwood, Pine
H 3.4 in W 8.25 in D 4.6 in
Original Vintage 1966 Austin Cox Chess Set
By Austin Enterprises
Located in East Hampton, NY
set from 1966 comes in its original box.
The box can be hung on the wall (see images of back of the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Forest Green/White Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Lapis Blue/White Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Pale Pink/White Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Lapis Blue/Peach Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Pale Pink/Peach Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Hand Blown Crystal Glass Chess Set, 3000-5000 Year-Old Solid Bog-Oak Display Box
Located in London, GB
This Chess Set is a collaboration with the artist Laura McKinley made from handblown crystal glass
Category
2010s English Minimalist Games
Materials
Brass
H 3.15 in W 16.74 in D 16.74 in
Chess Set Gemstone Lapis Lazuli and Marble 8"
Located in Somis, CA
An elegant gemstone lapis and marble chess set, demonstrating traditional craftsmanship and
Category
2010s Afghan Games
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Carrara Marble, Serpentine
Italian Pale Pink/Malachite Green Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Skilled artisans carved this luxury chess set from Italian Alabaster, a natural stone native to
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
1972 Modernist Columbia Aluminum Chess Set by Scott Wolfe
By Scott Wolfe
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage 1972 MCM Modernist Columbia Aluminum Chess Set by Scott Wolfe
Boxed Vintage Set
15.63 x
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Otterburn Chess Set & Board — Solid Hand-Patinated Brass and Walnut
By Novocastrian, Richy Almond
Located in Washington, GB
) x 3cm (D) x 10cm (H)
Please note, this item does not include the box. It is for the Chess Set
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Games
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Sheet Metal, Bronze, Co...
Antique English Staunton Chess Set With Red Crown Marks c.1900
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome small library set of Ebony and Boxwood Staunton chess set, complete with the original
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Games
Materials
Boxwood
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H 2.75 in W 6.5 in D 4.5 in
Michael Graves Post-modern Chess / Checkers Set Board Game and Pieces
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Miami, FL
original post-modern Michael Graves(1934-) chess and checkers set. The box and board are made from maple
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Maple
19thC British Mahogany Cased Chess Set by Jacques & Son, c.1890
By John Jaques & Son Ltd.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Victorian mahogany cased chess set in its original leather case.
If the
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Games
Materials
Leather
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H 2.37 in W 9.45 in D 5.91 in
Blu Marble and Art Glass Chess Game Set, Italy, circa 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian marble and art glass chess game set, circa 1960s, Italy. Marble game board has a
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Marble
19th Century British Oak Cased Chess Set, Probably By Jacques, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Victorian oak cased chess set. If the award winning Netflix series 'The
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Antique 19th Century British Games
Materials
Oak
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H 2.92 in W 8.12 in D 4.1 in
The Figure Game "The Original Game of Chess" Set in Bronze by Gary Sahl Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind! The Figure Game (Siang Ki in Chinese), "The Original Game of Chess as Played in
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Bronze
H 3.5 in W 16 in D 11.5 in
Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in North Hollywood, CA
with this exceptional backgammon and chess game set.
Closed the box measure: 2.5in. H x 7.5in x 16in
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Games
Materials
Fruitwood
Middle Eastern Damascus Inlaid Card Chess Backgammon Game Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
dice set as well as a hand carved wooden chess set.
This can be removed to reveal the stunning inset
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Game Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Marcel Duchamp Mental Chess Board, 1991, Limited Edition 167/850
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
box reproducing the artist’s Mental Chess Board from 1937 and containing an exhibition catalog along
Category
1990s Games
Materials
Wood, Paper
Italian Mid-Century Modern Professional Chess Board with Pawns, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Professional chess board with pawns, 1980s
Professional chessboard in metal, wood and plastic. The
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Metal
H 2.76 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Threefold Game Box
Located in Paris, FR
., including 3 sets of games:
draughts, domino and chess. Sets inside includes boxwood
draughts pieces
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Games
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Chess Table of Wood with Stunning Tree Knots Pattern & Light
Located in Lisse, NL
living room, study or library. Especially with a set of quality chess pieces on top, this rare table will
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Nutwood, Bakelite
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H 24 in Dm 22.6 in
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At 1stDibs, there are several options of boxed chess sets available for sale. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and metal, all boxed chess sets available were constructed with great care. Boxed chess sets have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Boxed chess sets made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made boxed chess sets over the years, but those made by Berber Tribes of Morocco, Bohemia Crystal and Gem Precision are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Boxed Chess Sets?
Prices for boxed chess sets can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, boxed chess sets begin at $175 and can go as high as $17,696, while the average can fetch as much as $1,001.
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- Where is the oldest chess set?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pieces 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.
- What is a gilded chess set?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A 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, 2023The 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.
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