Midcentury Chess Game Board or Set with Pieces by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage chess set or game board with 32 rare colored pieces designed by Charles Hollis Jones. Good vintage condition with age appropriate wear.
Lucite
32 Large Marble Chess Set Pieces Emerald Green and Onyx Pieces 1950's
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess pieces in green and white marble stone in elaborately hand carved onyx malachite green and white chess pieces.
Malachite, Onyx, Marble
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 is in excellent condition and includes chess game, checkers game, card game and dice...
Wood, Walnut
Set of Eight Life-Size Decorative and Sculptural Ceramic Chess Pieces, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large set of modern midcentury eight natural clay ceramic chess pieces, decorative figures of the King, the Queen a Rook, the Knight, a Bishop and a Pawn. Every piece is an unique ha...
Ceramic
Danish Teak Checker Board Coffee Table by Cado with Carved Modernist Chess Set
By Cado, Poul Cadovius
Located in Peabody, MA
Danish teak coffee table designed by Poul Cadovius for Cado Collections features checker board inlay, paired with a vintage modernist American folk art chess set. Table measure...
Teak
1970s Black and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous black and white chess set in Volterra alabaster handmade. Made in Italy. The set is in excellent condition, with all the pieces intact and flawless. This chess set is ...
Alabaster
1970s Brown and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous brown and white chess set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade. Made in Italy The items are in excellent condition. This chess set is a beautiful piece of modern art. Dime...
Alabaster
1970s Red and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Elegant red and white chess set in Volterra alabaster handmade. Made in Italy. The items are in excellent condition. The pieces of this chess set are sculptures. So rare to fi...
Alabaster
1970s Blue and Black Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing blue and black chess set in Volterra Alabaster handmade. Made in Italy The items are in excellent condition. This chess set is a beautiful piece of modern art. So ...
Alabaster
1970s Pink and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Stunning pink and white chess set in Volterra alabaster handmade. Made in Italy, the items are in excellent condition. This chess set is a beautiful piece. So rare to find it ...
Alabaster
1970s Green and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous green and white chess set in Volterra alabaster handmade. Made in Italy. The set is in excellent condition, with all the pieces intact and flawless. This chess set is ...
Alabaster
1970s Green and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous green and white chess set in Volterra alabaster handmade. Made in Italy. The set is in excellent condition, with all the pieces intact and flawless. This chess set is ...
Alabaster
1970s White and Brown Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster.Handmade. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous brown and white chess set in Volterra alabaster. Handmade. Made in Italy, the items are in excellent condition, all the pieces are perfect. This chess set is a beautif...
Alabaster
Unique Chess Set in the Style of Frededrick Weinberg on Oversized Onyx Board
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful chess set in the style of Frederick Weinberg on an oversized onyx chessboard. The chess pieces are heavy Greek style figures in a patinated brass finish and a darker bronze...
Onyx, Brass
Vintage Hand Carved Bone Chess Set Chinese Asian Art with Travel Board Game
Located in Greer, SC
Wonderful vintage hand carved bone chess set in fabulous condition. Perfect to put on a game table or stand on its own box which doubles as a chess board. These beautiful pieces can ...
Bone
1940s Marquetry Game Table With Chairs and Chess Set Crafted By Rafael L Alarcon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's Marquetry Game Table With Chairs and Chess Set Crafted By Rafael L Alarcon A work of sophisticated marquetry, this games table is brilliantly crafted in tropical woods showin...
Wood
1970s Stunning Pink and White Chess Set in Volterra Alabaster Handmade Made in I
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Stunning pink and white chess set in Volterra alabaster. Handmade. Made in Italy, this set is in excellent condition, with all the pieces intact and flawless. So rare to find i...
Alabaster
1960s Vintage White and Bronze Color Bohemia Glass Czech Chess Set in Blue Box
By Bohemia Crystal
Located in New York, NY
A one-of-a-kind vintage Bohemian chess game of modern design, the detailed figurative chess pieces are molded in Bohemian crystal with frosted white color and a unique copper smoked ...
Crystal
Sold|$3,500
German Modernist Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Modernist chess set with lathe-turned metal pieces and a board of translucent plastic adhered to wood, trimmed in brass. A machine-age design hand made in Germany c. 1930's. Comple...
Brass
Sold|$6,800
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
Sold|$1,950
Mid-Century Chess Set
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
Laquered mid-century chess set from France with storage drawer for chess pieces.
Wood
Italian Mid Century Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great chess pieces are made of brass and patinated brass. They come with an inlaid wood box with fitted compartments that also serves as the chess board.
Brass
Mid Century Ironwood Chess and Domino Set, Don Shoemaker Style
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, D.F.
Chess Set with domino included, the case has the form of a book, made of ironwood, good condition with minimal details for the years of use. Very heavy, Modernist design of the six...
Arthur Elliot for ANRI Mod Mid Century Chess Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage mod chess set in contrasting carved wood by Anri - made in Italy-
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Chess Set by Austin Cox for ALCOA, 1962
By ALCOA
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fabulous, Mid-Century Modern chess set produced in 1962 by Austin COX for ALCOA includes the chess pieces, display case and highly sought after game board.
Rare Mid-Century Bronzed Metal Evolution Chess Set by Pierre Cardin
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Port Hope, ON
This distinctively crafted bronzed metal Mid-Century Modern 'Evolution' chess set was created by Pierre Cardin and features the four knight pieces formed in the shape of the PC logo ...
Bronze, Metal
Sold|$750
Oversized Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental chess set with folding inlay board for storage. Pieces measure approximately 6-9" high.
19th Century Barleycorn Pattern Ivory Chess Set
Located in London, GB
One side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with crosses and queens with the “barleycorn” decoration, bishops with open mitres, knights as horses' heads, rooks as raised...
Ivory
Sold|$975
1970s Modern Lucite Chess Set
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Lucite Chess Set. Overall very nice condition with minor wear to chess board. Board measures 16"X 15.5". Pieces measure 2"-4". Circa 1970's.
Lucite
Sold|$595
Gothic Modern Chess Set by Ganine
By Ganine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful modern designed chess set comes in it's original box. It was designed by Ganine in 1947 and produced in 1957 by Pacific Game Company of North Hollywood. The set itself...
Plastic
Sold|$2,400
1970s Acrylic Chess Set with Board
Located in TUJUNGA, CA
1970s, acrylic black and clear chess set. The board is black, white and clear acrylic. The black sections of the board pop open for checker storage. (there are no checkers included) ...
Acrylic
Chess Set Watercolor by Zev Daniel Harris
Located in Pasadena, CA
Intriguing watercolor of a chess board with three elaborate pieces: the king, the queen and the bishop, signed by the artist. The artist, born Daniel Harris, studied at the Masters ...
Paper
Italian Peach / Malachite Green Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Handcrafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy. One only in stock, contact for pre orders. Condition: New Dimension: 9.75" x 9.75".
Alabaster, Marble
Chess Set Watercolor #3 by Zev Daniel Harris
By Daniel "Zev" Harris 1
Located in Pasadena, CA
Elegant watercolor of a chess board and pieces, by Zev Harris. Framed in a cerused walnut frame. The artist, born Daniel Harris, studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Mus...
Wood, Paper
Sold|$1,650
A Studio Art Glass and Alabaster Chess Set
Located in Asheville, NC
A wonderfully bright and entertaining studio made chess set with blue and red glass pieces, encased by a thin, malleable steel. A one of a kind set.
Steel
Sold|$3,800
Sigi Pineda Sterling Chess Set W/travel Case
By Sigfrido Pineda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional and rare. This Sigi Pineda travel chess set is a unique find. All pieces are made in sterling and the board is also a storage box for the pieces. Each piece fits inside a...
Sterling Silver
Framed Chess Set Watercolor #2 by Zev Daniel Harris
By Daniel "Zev" Harris 1
Located in Pasadena, CA
Whimsical watercolor of a chess board and pastel colored pieces, signed by the artist. Framed in a walnut stained frame. The artist, born Daniel Harris, studied at the Masters Inst...
Paper, Walnut
Oversized Wooden Chess Set, Handcrafted in California, circa 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and complete handcrafted chess set in a grand oversize scale. The contrasting dark mahogany and oak hand built chess board and hand-turned chess pieces make this set a func...
Wood
Sold|$1,950
Coffee Table with Chess Set, U.S.A, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage and custom coffee table made of maple and walnut with a chess set. Includes all pieces. Single sliding drawer for storage. Recently refinished.
Maple, Walnut
1960s Bespoke Brutalist Gold Anodised Aluminum and Walnut Chess Set
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1960s bespoke chess set designed and manufactured in England. Walnut and sycamore wooden chessboard. Cast aluminium and gold anodised chess pieces with a textured design. Oran...
Aluminum
Austin Creations Metal Chess Set, with Storage or Display Case
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Striking hand spun aluminum modern chess set, in a great Industrial motif made by Austin Creations, from 1962. It is even more rare to have the board completing this set. A unique an...
Metal
Star Trek Space Age Chess Set by Arthur Elliot for Anri
By Arthur Elliot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set was featured in the early Star Trek series. It was hand carved and manufactured by Anri. This chess set comes in the original box which has great graphic design by Arthur El...
Space Age Chess Set by Arthur Elliott for Anri w/ Box & Board
By Arthur Elliot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an early deluxe edition of the Space Age Chess Set. It has it's custom fitted box with a top shelf insert to hold all the pieces. This set also has it's original Arni wooden ...
Maple, Walnut
Mid-Century Blue and White Marble Chess Set
Located in London, GB
Chess set from, circa 1960s, with board and 32 hand-carved pieces in blue and white marble. Good vintage condition, consistent with age and use.
Large Mid-Century Modern Industrial Chess Set with 3D Polychrome Lucite Board
Located in Port Hope, ON
The pieces in this Mid-Century Modern Industrial style chess set are much larger than the commercially produced Hammacher-Schlemmer "Chessnuts" pieces of the early 1960s.
Metal
Sold|$3,200
Giacometti Inspired Bronze Chess Set
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in Waltham, MA
Stunning chess set comprised of cast bronze player pieces and verdigris hammered brass board. Strong modernist Giacometti feel to sculpted bronze pieces. Pieces range in height from...
Brass, Bronze
Sold|$2,886
Brutalist Bronze Chess Set, Italy, 1960s
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Rare modernist handcrafted bronze chess set with a Giacometti feel. 32 pieces of art, each individually casted. bronze and green patina bronze. Board is hammered brass over wood. A...
Brass
Sold|$985
Space Age Chess Set by Anri
By Arthur Elliot, ANRI
Located in High Point, NC
Beautiful carved "Space Age" chess set pieces designed by Arthur Elliott for ANRI contained in a hinged box with removable compartmentalized tray to contain the lighter woo...
Wood
Sold|$1,495
Austin Cox Chess Set for Alcoa
By Austin Enterprises
Located in Chicago, IL
The Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) launched a marketing program to advance the selling of ALCOA aluminum products. The players: Austin E. Cox A.S.I.D. of Austin Enterprises and ...
Aluminum
1970s Modernist Aluminum and Walnut Chess Set
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1970s chess set designed and manufactured in France. Walnut and sycamore wooden chessboard. Cast aluminum chess pieces. Measure: H 6.5cm x L 26cm x W 26cm.
Aluminum
Italian Mustard / Lilac Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Handcrafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy. One only in stock, contact for pre orders. Condition: New Dimension: 13.5" x 13.5".
Alabaster, Marble
Rare Plexiglass Chess Set on Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in L'Escala, ES
Rare and beautiful plexiglas chess set on table manufactured in Italy in 1970s. Storage box inside, and checkerboard included. the table legs are folding. In very good vintage cond...
Metal
1970s Modernist Chess Set Onyx Board Gold Steel Pieces
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1970s chess set designed and manufactured in Italy. Solid polished gold and nickel-plated steel pieces with an Onyx board. This is a substantial set that weighs 10 kilos.
Onyx, Steel, Nickel
1970s French Lucite, Brass and Chromed Steel Chess Set
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1970s chess set designed and manufactured in France. Solid polished brass and steel cylindrical chess pieces. Lucite chessboard. Measures: H 6cm x L 20cm x W 20cm.
Brass, Chrome, Steel
Michel Dumas Lucite and Brass Chess Set, France 1970s
By Michel Dumas
Located in L'Escala, ES
Beautiful and rare large Michel Dumas lucite and brass chess set manufactured in France in 1970s . Magnificent piece with an incredible lucite of transparency, smoked black and brass...
Brass
1950 Molero Marquetry Chess Set with Board Taracea Inlay wood Compartments Spain
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Presenting a charming 1950s Spanish Molero marquetry chess set, complete with a folding board that ingeniously doubles as a storage case for the pieces. Each chess piece, intricately...
Softwood, Lacquer
Lucite Chess Game Set by Michel Dumas on a Metal Board
By Michel Dumas
Located in Staphorst, NL
Seventies design chess game. Designer: Michel Dumas. Manufacturer: Michel Dumas Creations. Lucite pieces on a stainless mirrored chessboard.
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