Chess Set Children
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
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Marble
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
charming figurine was likely originally a part of a bone chess set or a set of collectible toy soldiers.
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20th Century Indian Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Bone, Paint
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, 1872
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, was an English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book, Alice’s Adventures in
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Antique 1870s American Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8 in W 5.5 in D 1.63 in
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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Textile
Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Brass Shades
By Silvio Piattelli, Arteluce, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite bespoke brass chandelier features three rotating arms skillfully balanced on a heavy cast brass sphere that rotate in an orbital movement along the stem. To achieve pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
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Brass, Metal
H 26.78 in Dm 55.91 in
Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought with three feet. The upholstered se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
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H 33.47 in W 17.72 in D 20.08 in
Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pearl Royale 18K White Gold, Diamond, Sapphire and South Sea Pearl Chess Set
By Colin Burn Art
Located in Halls Head, Western Australia
The Pearl Royale chess set stands as one of the world’s finest jewelry artworks ever created. This masterpiece is hailed as the most valuable and opulent chess set in the world and l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Australian Victorian Games
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Gold
H 5.52 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Arizona Mirror, Estremoz Marble and Brass, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
Best Furniture design at the iLuxury Awards 2021
In the remote location of Coyote Buttes lies one of Arizona’s treasures. The absolutely surreal undulating patterns of ‘The Wave’ in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
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Marble, Brass
H 45.28 in W 33.08 in D 1.58 in
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
By Jaques of London, House of Staunton
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Antique Jaques of London faux leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa...
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Antique 1880s English High Victorian Games
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
H 17.72 in W 3.55 in D 10.24 in
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 originally produced by Carl Auböck III. This set is handmade in the original Auböck works...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
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Iron, Nickel
Set/12 Ceramic Chess Pieces, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 12 Ceramic Chess Pieces, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
A luxurious chess set designed for the most sophisticated and ambitiou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
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Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. 8vo. Rebound in red 1/.4 leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, a...
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Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Italian 70s Sculptural Art Brutalist Bronze Chess Set
Located in Halle, DE
Stunning chess set with cast bronze player pieces and hammered and patinated brass chessboard.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Brutalist Games
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Arranging Things
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Author colin King, with Sam Cochran
New York–based stylist Colin King shares his wisdom and insights for cultivating beauty in our everyday surroundings—composing objects into sim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
V&A - Harry Hammond - Jerry Lewis - Limited Edition
By Harry Hammond
Located in London, GB
V&A - Harry Hammond - Jerry Lewis - Limited Edition
Jerry Lewis (1926-2017), Harry Hammond (1920-2009), England, 1958
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Exquisite limited editio...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography
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Black and White
English 19th century Victorian Cottage Garden Harvest landscape, with flowers
By Charles James Lewis
Located in Woodbury, CT
This is a wonderful outstanding quality scene of an English cottage garden scene.
The quality of the piece is amazing with a real understanding of how to make a very desirable pain...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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H 21 in W 27 in
1960s Modernist Striking Chess Game Set Aluminum and Walnut Wood
By Austin Enterprises
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modern chess game set in aluminum and walnut wood
Unmarked
Preowned vintage condition. Some pieces have been restored.
Refer to all images please.
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
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Chess set + board 70s altuglas steel bronze Mario Vento Mid Century Italie 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Chess set and board/base.
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Mario VenChess set and board, 1970 / 1980.
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Plexiglas top, polished
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Vintage 1970s Italian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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H 2.37 in W 12.6 in D 11.42 in
Set of 14 Elements 'Gli Scacchi' or 'Chess' by Mario Bellini for C&B/B&B, Italia
By C&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 14 seating or table elements by Mario Bellini.
As they are made of duraplum plastic, they
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Vintage 1960s Italian Chairs
H 21.66 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Antique Malachite & Carrara Marble Chess Board c.1920 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique Italian malachite and Carrara marble chess set circa 1920 in date.
The
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Vintage 1920s Game Boards
Materials
Carrara Marble, Malachite
Chris Lehrecke For Ralph Pucci Rare Wood Table Top Bronze Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
singer Marc Anthony. As Isamu Noguchi's sculptural coffee and chess tables for Herman Miller and rocking
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Handmade Complete Chess Set in Oak Dovetailed Box Apprentice Piece, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete handmade chess set game of 32 pieces in an Oak Lidded Box, probably
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Games
Materials
Wood, Oak
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H 4.88 in W 9 in D 4.88 in
Modernist Alcoa Aluminium Chess Austin Cox Mid-Century Modern
Located in San Diego, CA
Austin Cox aluminium chess set with original walnut box and blue acrylic cover. It even retains
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Malachite & Carrara Marble Chess Board Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
stringing around the chess board and pieces of malachite and carrara marble.
Add this lovely set to your
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Vintage 1920s Italian Games
Materials
Malachite, Marble
19th Century British Trumpet Shaped Table with Games Top
Located in Dallas, TX
feet is exquisite in detail and execution.
NOW WITH WOODEN CHESS SET (as seen in the photos) INCLUDED !
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Maple, Satinwood, Walnut
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, 1885
By Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was
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Antique 1880s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.88 in W 5.5 in D 1.38 in
20th Century Coffee Table by Mario Bellini for B&B, Italy
By Mario Bellini
Located in Palermo, Italia
This large set of three modular elements 'Chess', designed by Mario Bellini for Italy in 1971, B
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Questions About Chess Set Children
- 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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