20th Century Carl Auböck Chess Game Mod. No. 5391, Horn & Brass, AT ca. 1970
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
A truly gorgeous modernist chess set by Carl Auböck, coming to you in fantastic original condition.
Brass, Nickel
Carl Auböck Brass Industrial Style Chess Set
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Toledo, OH
Industrial style brass chess set by Carl Auböck circa 1965, Model 5055 in polished brass and patinated brass.
Brass
$4,020 / item
Carl Auböck Leather and Cast Iron Chess Set #5606
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Auböck Leather and Cast Iron Chess Set #5606 Authorized re-edition of a design originally produced by Carl Auböck III.
Iron, Nickel
$3,710Sale Price / set|25% Off
Carl Auböck modern wooden chess set for Werkstätte Auböck, Austria Vienna 1960´s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Very rare, extra large minimalist wooden chess set of the 1960´s by Carl Auböck for Werkstätte (workshop) Carl Auböck, Black and white painted beech wood, original paint, non restau...
Wood, Beech, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Chess Set by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Carl Aubock Modernist Cast Iron Chess Game Set with Handmade Leather Board
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A very exceptional and beautiful Minimalist Mid-Century Modern chess game, model #5606, designed by Carl Aubock III in 1969.
Iron, Nickel
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
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 steel Box W 18 x D 6 x H 1 5/8 in.
Nickel
Rare Chess Set by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare, Minimalist wooden chess set # 5917, circa 1960s by Carl Auböck for Werkstätte (workshop) Carl Auböck, Vienna Rosewood / beech Comes with a purple felt "chessboard."
Felt, Wood
Carl Aubock Modernist Horn Chess Game With Leatherboard and Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional and beautiful chess game/chess men in original woodbox, plus black & white leather chessboard, designed by Austrian Modernist Carl Aubock.
Modernist Chess Set by the Carl Auböck workshop, Vienna, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A stunning solid cast iron chess set designed by Carl Auböck III in the 1960s.
Iron
Carl Aubock Modernist Cast-Iron Chess Game with Leather Board and Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed and executed by Carl Aubock. Made of cast-iron, very solid. These chess men, the box and the board are vintage and new old stock, unused.
Iron
Carl Auböck Set of Chess Pieces, Austria, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck chess Pieces, Austria, 1960s.
Brass
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Nickel
Carl Auböck Modernist Horn Chess Game with Leatherboard, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional and beautiful Austrian chess game/chess men, designed and executed in the early 1970s by Austrian Modernist Carl Auböck.
Carl Aubock Modernist Horn Brass Chess Game with Leatherboard
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional and beautiful chess game/chess men, plus leather chessboard, designed and executed in the late 1950s by Austrian Modernist Carl Aubock.
Brass
Carl Auböck Brass Chess Set
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass chess set by Viennese master designer Carl Auböck, made in Austria in the 1950s.
Brass
Rare Chess Set by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
rare, Minimalist chess set by Carl Auböck cast iron, chromed and blackened comes with a felt "chessboard" height of the pieces: king: 7,4 cm / 2,9 inches queen: 6,4 cm / 2,5 i...
Iron
Rare and Early Horn Chess by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The presented chess seems to be the earliest version of the workshops chess boards. The carefully carved pieces are stunning by their simple and modernist expression. Each is expertl...
Horn, Leather
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
Maple
$1,178 / set
H 23.63 in W 11.82 in D 14.57 in
Space Age Style Lacquered Wooden Cabinets, 1970s, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Pair of white lacquered cabinets of excellent quality, generously thick carved and shaped wood. Furniture that can be used in bathrooms, offices. The design style is close to Joe Col...
Wood, Lacquer
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
$10,366
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 19.69 in
Original Josef Hoffmann & J. & J. Kohn Bench Vienna Secession, 1901
By Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare and early bench, obviously the role model for the famous Barrel chair #720 which was presented four years later, in 1905.
Bentwood, Plywood
Robj, Templars and Saracen Chess Set, French Art Deco 1920s
By ROBJ
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and extremely rare ROBJ Templar and Saracen chess set from the French Art Deco Period circa 1930. Beautiful and playful detail on the pieces. Exotic wood chess board of orig...
Ceramic, Wood
French Art Deco Two Seat Sofa in Off White Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sofa, walnut, faux leather, France, 1930s This beautifully designed sofa was created during one of the most influential periods for the arts, namely the Art Deco Movement. The sofa ...
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
$42,000 / set
H 30.52 in W 41.74 in D 33.08 in
René Drouet Pair of Lounge Chairs in Olive Green Corduroy and Walnut
By René Drouet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
René Drouet, pair of lounge chairs, corduroy velvet, walnut, France, 1930s Designed by French decorator René Drouet, these club chairs are a quintessential example of French Art Dec...
Velvet, Walnut
Cubist Handmade Wood Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Handmade cubist wood chess set.
Wood
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Luigi Massoni ‘Dilly Dally’ Vanity Set in Cognac Leatherette
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, ‘Dilly Dally’ vanity set, leatherette, mirrored glass, plastic, brass, lacquered wood, metal, Italy, 1968 Outstanding Italian dressing table designe...
Metal, Brass
Trojan IXX Chess Table and Set
Located in Ostrava, CZ
Trojan, a coffee table at first sight, is actually a hiding space that holds similar amount of fighters as the legendary Trojan Horse. Figures made by TOWARNA are cast from concrete ...
Concrete
A medieval style chess set made in cast clay
Located in Delft, NL
A medieval style chess set made in cast clay A cast clay chess set in medieval style with 4 loose tiles. The 4 separate tiles form the chessboard, which are also cast from clay. T...
Clay
$2,682
H 3.55 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN STAUNTON CHESS SET IN HARDWOOD BOX WALNUT HARDWOOD CHESSBOARD
By House of Staunton
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Victorian 1880 Chessboard set complete with chess pieces, boxed checkers pieces, br...
Hardwood, Walnut, Oak
$5,200
H 5.75 in W 18 in D 18 in
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set Game Maple Wood Restored 1999
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in North Miami, FL
This original Postmodern Michael Graves chess set with checkers pieces has been fully restored with the wood which is 2 variants of maple. The wood was redone and new felt was put on...
Velvet, Wood
$15,880
H 4 in W 25 in D 25 in
19th Century Rare Large Chinese Gilt Lacquer Gaming Board Box with Chesses
Located in Brea, CA
19th Century rare large 25'' Chinese export gilt decorated black lacquer gaming board box, finely decorated with gold on a black background of characters, fantastic animals, bats and...
Lacquer
$3,418
H 31.11 in W 27.17 in D 27.17 in
Games Chess Set of Handcrafted and Painted Wood Pieces with Table and Board
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Italian chess table set from early 20th century in carved, lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with very pleasant floral decorations. Measures: Height 79 cm. Width 69 cm.
Wood
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