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1960s Middle Eastern Backgammon Game Board Chess Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage backgammon game board chess box intricate mosaic wood marquetry inlaid Mop Measures: 19.63
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Antique Chess Storage Wooden Boxes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique walnut wooden boxes suitable for containing chess. You can choose among these four: -the
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Antique Late 19th Century English Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique Chess Storage Wooden Boxes
Antique Chess Storage Wooden Boxes
H 5.4 in W 13 in D 5.91 in
Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Chess Board Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
beautiful Moorish box in covered with fine micro mosaic marquetry and the top is decorated with a chess game
Category

Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

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

Middle Eastern Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box for Game Chess and Backgammon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box Game Backgammon and Chess. Middle Eastern Micro
Category

Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Turned Wood Hardwood Lidded Box Chess Figurine Style Mid Century Modern c 1960s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A lovely small turned hardwood lidded box with a chess style shaped finial, made in Europe probably
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood, Wood

Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic design and gorgeous craftsmanship. The Moroccan or Syrian board / box is made of
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20th Century 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
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Late 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century Persian Wooden Box
Located in London, GB
bone (white parts). The decorated objects are legion: boxes, chess or backgammon games, frames, pipes
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Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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
Category

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
Category

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
Category

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
Category

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
Category

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

Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
H 2.5 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
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

Chessbox by Exit Ceren, Represented by Tuleste Factory
Located in New York, NY
Chess Box in Blue by Ceren Arslan 2023 Oil on wood 21" W x 25" H 53.34 W x 63.5 H cm ?Item
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

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

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
Category

Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Games

Materials

Wood

Modernist Boxed Wood Chess Pieces
Modernist Boxed Wood Chess Pieces
H 3.5 in W 11 in D 7.75 in
Vintage Persian Micro Mosaic Chess Game Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Persian Micro Mosaic Chess Game Box. Intricately inlaid handcrafted Persian styled chess
Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Islamic Game Boards

Materials

Fruitwood

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

Old Wooden Chess in a simple Metal Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
English old wooden chess: its size is already marked , the king is cm. 9,5 high. The metal box
Category

Early 20th Century English Other Games

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 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

Chess Set
Chess Set
H 2.5 in W 16 in D 16 in
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

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 Novocastrian, Richy Almond
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...

Late Baroque Games Box Chess Backgammon Decorated with Rich Wooden Interior.
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful Late Baroque Box used for Chess/Backgammon and Nine Men’s Morris Game pieces. Rich
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Antique Late 17th Century European Baroque Games

Materials

Birch, Olive, Walnut

Stones Chess Game
Located in Paris, FR
include parts to store pieces. Chess stones game include a luxury gift box.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Games

Materials

Stone, Gold Plate

Stones Chess Game
Stones Chess Game
H 2.37 in W 16.15 in D 16.15 in
Weighted Club Chess Set Kings Staunton Pattern No. 5 Boxed, Circa 1930
By House of Staunton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
of 32 pieces, Staunton Pattern No. 5 all in its original box and retailed by The British Chess
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
jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's. The chess pieces are made of
Category

Early 20th Century British Medieval Games

Materials

Resin, Pine

Vintage Italian Satinwood Inlaid Marquetry Music Box Side Table, Chess Game Tabl
By Casa Di Sorrento
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian Rococo Style Satinwood Inlaid Marquetry Music Box Side table, Chess Game Table. A
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Game Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

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
Category

Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games

Materials

Nickel

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
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games

Materials

Walnut, Wood

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
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Staunton Fierce Knight Weighted Club Chess Set 8.5cm Kings Jointed Box, 19th C
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
; Pawns: 4.3cm The box is jointed, with a good fitting sliding top and a "Chess* label to the top
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Games

Materials

Hardwood

Austin Cox Chess Set
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Austin Cox. Set comes with original box with wonderful vintage aluminum chess pieces 1966, Austin
Category

Vintage 1950s Games

Materials

Aluminum

Austin Cox Chess Set
Austin Cox Chess Set
H 23.5 in W 21 in D 21 in
Jacques Staunton Chess Set
By Jaques of London
Located in Flower Mound, TX
box with key. Staunton chess pieces are the most common and familiar pieces today. The pieces are
Category

20th Century English Other Games

Materials

Wood, Boxwood

Jacques Staunton Chess Set
Jacques Staunton Chess Set
H 5 in W 7 in D 9 in
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
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games

Materials

Nickel

African chess set of Namibia
Located in Delft, NL
wood in natural dark and light brown color on a marble look style lidded chess board box, made of
Category

Late 20th Century Namibian Games

Materials

Plastic, Wood

African chess set of Namibia
African chess set of Namibia
H 2.17 in W 13.98 in D 13.98 in
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

Vintage Staunton Design Chess Set
Vintage Staunton Design Chess Set
H 3.15 in W 7.68 in D 4.14 in
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

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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Régence Games

Materials

Hardwood, Pine

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

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

Cushion / Pillow Chess Linen by Evolution21
By Evolution21
Located in Mechelen-Noord, VAN
We’ve updated Fendly, our original checker-box print, to bring you Fabric Chess which gives
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton, Nylon

Cushion / Pillow Chess Linen by Evolution21
Cushion / Pillow Chess Linen by Evolution21
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 11.82 in
Cushion / Pillow Chess Khaki by Evolution21
By Evolution21
Located in Mechelen-Noord, VAN
We’ve updated Fendly, our original checker-box print, to bring you Fabric Chess which gives
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton, Nylon

Cushion / Pillow Chess Khaki by Evolution21
Cushion / Pillow Chess Khaki by Evolution21
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 11.82 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

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
shown at the Whitney, among many other institutions. A chess enthusiast, Rosenwald designed multiple
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Chess Set by Robert Rosenwald
Mid-Century Chess Set by Robert Rosenwald
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H 2 in W 3.5 in D 8 in
Original Vintage 1966 Austin Cox Chess Set
By Austin Enterprises
Located in East Hampton, NY
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

Cushion / Pillow Chess Savannah Brown by Evolution21
By Evolution21
Located in Mechelen-Noord, VAN
We’ve updated Fendly, our original checker-box print, to bring you Fabric Chess which gives
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton, Nylon

Cushion / Pillow Chess Light Blue by Evolution21
By Evolution21
Located in Mechelen-Noord, VAN
We’ve updated Fendly, our original checker-box print, to bring you Fabric Chess which gives
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton, Nylon

Cushion / Pillow Chess Light Blue by Evolution21
Cushion / Pillow Chess Light Blue by Evolution21
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 11.82 in
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

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

Sadeli Micro Bone Inlay Backgammon/Chess Board
Located in Sharon, CT
Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Games

Materials

Bone

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

Sadeli Anglo-Indian Inlay Bone Ebony Chess Board
Located in Sharon, CT
Anglo-Indian Bone inlay Ebony Chess Board 'Sadeli' work box.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Games

Materials

Bone, Ebony

Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in North Hollywood, CA
handcrafted Moorish Persian backgammon and chess checker game box. Handcrafted beautiful Middle Eastern Khatam
Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Games

Materials

Fruitwood

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Chess Box For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal chess box for your home. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and fruitwood, every chess box was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect chess box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A chess box made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Folk Art — is very popular. Berber Tribes of Morocco, Carl Auböck and Alfred Dunhill each produced at least one beautiful chess box that is worth considering.

How Much is a Chess Box?

A chess box can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $975, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $17,696.