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Vintage Walnut Chess Set with Folding Board
Vintage Walnut Chess Set with Folding Board

Vintage Walnut Chess Set with Folding Board

Located in New York, NY

A luxury walnut chess set. Board folds in half for easy transport and to store chess pieces

Category

Vintage 1950s American Games

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Antique Folk Art Double Sided Folding Parcheesi Chess Checkers Game Board 18"
Antique Folk Art Double Sided Folding Parcheesi Chess Checkers Game Board 18"

Antique Folk Art Double Sided Folding Parcheesi Chess Checkers Game Board 18"

$3,850Sale Price|30% Off

H 18.5 in W 18.25 in D 0.5 in

Antique Folk Art Double Sided Folding Parcheesi Chess Checkers Game Board 18"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique hand painted, folding, double sided game board. One side painted for chess / checkers in a

Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Games

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Vintage Walnut Satinwood Games Card Side Table, Fold Out Chess Board & Drawers
Vintage Walnut Satinwood Games Card Side Table, Fold Out Chess Board & Drawers

Vintage Walnut Satinwood Games Card Side Table, Fold Out Chess Board & Drawers

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique Walnut & Satinwood fold out games chess

Category

20th Century English Victorian Game Tables

Materials

Satinwood, Walnut

Antiques American Checker or Chess Game Board, ca 1840-1870
Antiques American Checker or Chess Game Board, ca 1840-1870

Antiques American Checker or Chess Game Board, ca 1840-1870

Located in York County, PA

-70 This diminutive, folding, checkers & chess game board was found in New England and probably can

Category

20th Century American Game Boards

Materials

Wood

Fine Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Games/Console Table
Fine Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Games/Console Table

Fine Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Games/Console Table

Located in Suffolk, GB

chess board, fold over top opening to reveal a green baize interior above three frieze fitted drawers

Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Game Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Games Table
19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Games Table

19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Games Table

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

swivels and folds over to reveal a chess board and backgammon. Below this is a single fitted drawer, for

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Game Tables

Materials

Rosewood

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Folding Games Board
Folding Games Board

Folding Games Board

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H 2.38 in W 14 in D 7.25 in

Folding Games Board

Located in Houston, TX

Leather and paper covered folding game board/box with chess and checkers on the outside and

Category

Early 20th Century English Games

Materials

Leather, Paper

Chess Set - Board, Box & solid hand-made Ebony & Rock Maple Pieces
Chess Set - Board, Box & solid hand-made Ebony & Rock Maple Pieces

Chess Set - Board, Box & solid hand-made Ebony & Rock Maple Pieces

By Boucher & Co

Located in Queensland, AU

craftsmanship of the folding board and chess pieces held within. One of only two in the world. And those

Category

2010s Australian Art Deco Game Boards

Materials

Nickel

Antique English Folding Chess / Backgammon / Checkers Board, circa 1890-1900
Antique English Folding Chess / Backgammon / Checkers Board, circa 1890-1900

Antique English Folding Chess / Backgammon / Checkers Board, circa 1890-1900

Located in Bath, GB

This antique English folding games board is made from mahogany and inlaid with mahogany and

Category

Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Mahogany

Antique Fold over Games Table, English Regency, Chess Board, circa 1820
Antique Fold over Games Table, English Regency, Chess Board, circa 1820

Antique Fold over Games Table, English Regency, Chess Board, circa 1820

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique fold over games table. An English Regency piece opening to reveal a chess board

Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Chess and Backgammon Board
Chess and Backgammon Board

Chess and Backgammon Board

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H 15.16 in W 2.76 in D 8.67 in

Chess and Backgammon Board

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Backgammon, chess and droughts board. A morocco bound backgammon and droughts board in a folding

Category

Vintage 1920s Games

Materials

Leather

Vintage Midcentury Folding Mosaic Inlaid Box with Backgammon Game
Vintage Midcentury Folding Mosaic Inlaid Box with Backgammon Game

Vintage Midcentury Folding Mosaic Inlaid Box with Backgammon Game

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Eastern folding game box inlaid with micro mosaic marquetry features a chess and checker board on the

Category

Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Games

Materials

Wood

Antique Mahogany English Hepplewhite Style Napkin-Fold Game Table, circa 1910
Antique Mahogany English Hepplewhite Style Napkin-Fold Game Table, circa 1910

Antique Mahogany English Hepplewhite Style Napkin-Fold Game Table, circa 1910

Located in Big Flats, NY

opening to chess/checker board with four game piece trays, single drawer, string inlaid banding and bronze

Category

Early 20th Century English Hepplewhite Game Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Walnut Games Compendium
Walnut Games Compendium

Walnut Games Compendium

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H 7.49 in W 13.78 in D 9.85 in

Walnut Games Compendium

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

opened by a press button within the games box. Inside the lid is the folded chess and backgammon board

Category

Antique 19th Century British Games

Gucci Burled Maple Table Games Chest with Glass Top
Gucci Burled Maple Table Games Chest with Glass Top

Gucci Burled Maple Table Games Chest with Glass Top

By Gucci

Located in Doylestown, PA

pieces and five dice; the bottom faux drawer is a folding chess/checker and backgammon board. A special

Category

20th Century Italian Games

Materials

Brass

Stunning Antique Burr Walnut Folding Chess Board Table Staunton Chess Pieces Set
Stunning Antique Burr Walnut Folding Chess Board Table Staunton Chess Pieces Set

Stunning Antique Burr Walnut Folding Chess Board Table Staunton Chess Pieces Set

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

furniture, extremely decorative, it folds for ease of storage and has a single drawer for chess pieces

Category

Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Game Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Folding Chinoiserie Chess & Backgammon Board with Turned English Pieces
Antique Folding Chinoiserie Chess & Backgammon Board with Turned English Pieces

Antique Folding Chinoiserie Chess & Backgammon Board with Turned English Pieces

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This antique games board and chess pieces are unsigned, but the board is presumed to have

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Games

Materials

Softwood

Antique Hardwood Weighted Chess Set in Chess Board Box Kings, Ca 1900
Antique Hardwood Weighted Chess Set in Chess Board Box Kings, Ca 1900

Antique Hardwood Weighted Chess Set in Chess Board Box Kings, Ca 1900

By House of Staunton

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

, with its original hardwood box, which folds into a chess board, which we date to the early 20th Century

Category

Early 20th Century British Edwardian Games

Materials

Hardwood

Large Vintage Rajasthani / Indian Chess Set with Board
Large Vintage Rajasthani / Indian Chess Set with Board

Large Vintage Rajasthani / Indian Chess Set with Board

Located in San Diego, CA

Large hand carved vintage Rajasthani / Indian chess set with foldable wooden board, circa 1960s

Category

20th Century Indian Games

Materials

Resin, Wood

Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Hardwood Campaign Lacquered Board
Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Hardwood Campaign Lacquered Board

Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Hardwood Campaign Lacquered Board

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Campaign Lacquered Board Circa 1960s This exquisite Chinese

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Games

Materials

Composition, Brass

19th Century Burmese Chess Set & Chinese Export Gilt & Lacquered Board
19th Century Burmese Chess Set & Chinese Export Gilt & Lacquered Board

19th Century Burmese Chess Set & Chinese Export Gilt & Lacquered Board

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A finely carved 19th century Burmese stained chess set, with a Chinese lacquered and gilt folded

Category

Antique 19th Century English Games

Materials

Natural Fiber, Pine

Vintage Chess And Backgammon
Vintage Chess And Backgammon

Vintage Chess And Backgammon

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H 16.54 in W 8.27 in D 2.76 in

Vintage Chess And Backgammon

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Antique Book Form Folding Backgammon, Chess and Draughts Board. An attractive leather games board

Category

20th Century British Games

Materials

Leather, Softwood

Vintage Gucci Burl Wood Box Chess Set Bar Game Travel Set Rare 1970s
Vintage Gucci Burl Wood Box Chess Set Bar Game Travel Set Rare 1970s

Vintage Gucci Burl Wood Box Chess Set Bar Game Travel Set Rare 1970s

By Gucci

Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL

latched box with sueded bottom and top lining, the folding wood chess board with sueded bottom, and a set

Category

1970s Italian Games

Antique Victorian Folding Book Form Chess/Backgammon Board
Antique Victorian Folding Book Form Chess/Backgammon Board

Antique Victorian Folding Book Form Chess/Backgammon Board

Located in New York, NY

Victorian folding chess board in the form of a pair of books with gilt-tooled leather bindings and

Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Games

Late 19th Century Compendium in a Burr Yew Wood & Coromandel Box Cabinet
Late 19th Century Compendium in a Burr Yew Wood & Coromandel Box Cabinet

Late 19th Century Compendium in a Burr Yew Wood & Coromandel Box Cabinet

Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

, chess, draughts and cards. The rising lid with a folding chess board stored inside: the pair of fold

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Games

English Rosewood Games Table Chess Board Folding Card Table, 19th Century
English Rosewood Games Table Chess Board Folding Card Table, 19th Century

English Rosewood Games Table Chess Board Folding Card Table, 19th Century

Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

with inlaid checkerboard enclosed a baize lined playing surface and Tunbridgeware cribbage board

Category

Antique 19th Century English Game Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Oversized Chess Set
Oversized Chess Set

Oversized Chess Set

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H 12 in W 30 in D 30 in

Oversized Chess Set

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Monumental chess set with folding inlay board for storage. Pieces measure approximately 6-9" high.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games

Chinese Export Gilded and Lacquered Game Board on Stand
Chinese Export Gilded and Lacquered Game Board on Stand

Chinese Export Gilded and Lacquered Game Board on Stand

Located in Louisville, KY

Circa 1870; The inset reversible folding traveling game board with chess on one side and backgammon

Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Neoclassical Side Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Demi-lune Game Table / Desk
Demi-lune Game Table / Desk

Demi-lune Game Table / Desk

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H 33.5 in Dm 33.25 in

Demi-lune Game Table / Desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

A rare three topped fold games table inlaid with chess board, a leather topped card table and a

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Wood, Leather

Chinese Export Lacquered Game Table 19th Century
Chinese Export Lacquered Game Table 19th Century

Chinese Export Lacquered Game Table 19th Century

Located in Louisville, KY

Chinese Export Lacquered Game Table, Circa 1850 and later, featuring a Folding Game Board with

Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Game Tables

Antique Games Compendium
Antique Games Compendium

Antique Games Compendium

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H 7.5 in W 13.5 in D 9 in

Antique Games Compendium

Located in Northampton, United Kingdom

lift out trays containing the pieces for the other games. The chess/backgammon board folds in half and

Category

Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Brass

Victorian Games Compendium.
Victorian Games Compendium.

Victorian Games Compendium.

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H 7.09 in W 13 in D 8.67 in

Victorian Games Compendium.

Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

board for chess draughts or checkers and backgammon. The box has several layers of lift out trays, the

Category

Antique 19th Century British Games

Materials

Mahogany

Books Folding Game Board
Books Folding Game Board

Books Folding Game Board

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H 3 in W 15 in D 8.63 in

Books Folding Game Board

Located in Houston, TX

Leather covered folding game board/box with chess and checkers on the outside and backgammon inside

Category

Antique 19th Century British Games

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Located in Amsterdam, NL

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Located in Ostrava, CZ

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$3,800

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Located in Belgrade, RS

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Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

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Located in Marseille, FR

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Located in Greven, DE

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Mahogany

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Painted Chess and Backgammon Game Tables

Painted Chess and Backgammon Game Tables

$4,140 / item

H 14 in W 20.5 in D 13.5 in

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Located in New York, NY

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Folding Chess Board For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the folding chess board you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each folding chess board for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and hardwood. There are many kinds of the folding chess board you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each folding chess board bearing Victorian or modern hallmarks is very popular. Norman Rockwell each produced at least one beautiful folding chess board that is worth considering.

How Much is a Folding Chess Board?

Prices for a folding chess board start at $470 and top out at $95,000 with the average selling for $2,250.
Questions About Folding Chess Board
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    Chess boards are made from different types of material – it is really a matter of preference. Materials such as wood, ivory, glass, plastic, clay, stone, and various metals have been used over time to create chess boards. An assortment of antique and vintage chessboards is available on 1stDibs.