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Games For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Empire
Swedish Backgammon in Curly Karelian Birch with Playing Pieces, Empire 1820/30s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Backgammom Box in Curly Karelian Birch with Playing Pieces, Swedish Empire (Karl Johan) 1820/30s. Complete with two Die made in bone and Playing Pieces for two players. This beautifully crafted backgammon box...
Category

1820s Swedish Empire Antique Games

Materials

Brass

Empire Backgammon Games Box in Mahogany with Pieces, early 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
An Elegant Empire Backgammon Game Box in Mahogany (Swietenia Mahogani) with details in Hallmark Silver. Made in the early 19th Century. This Games Box for Backgammon is the perfect decorative piece that is also complete with pieces for playing the game! A refined Empire outside which lets the expensive materials of the piece convey the object's elegance. The interior of the box's lid forms one of the playing fields, the other being the bottom part. The backgammon board on the inside of the box is made out of intarsia wood...
Category

Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Games

Materials

Silver, Brass

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Backgammon Roarshax Wood Case with Glass Chips and Dice
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Backgammon is a very old strategic board game, from which its origin is still undefined. A true Classic game about tactics and luck played around the globe. Taking this Classic as inspiration, Orfeo collaboration joined skills to create a board game with stimulating materials and astounding chips. Shined a spotlight on to the raw materials used to create it. The exterior of the board is composed of two elements, a metalic box and a thinly sliced oyster cut veneer of parota wood. The oysters are sourced from reclaimed branches of these gigantic trees; a material that is commonly discarded as fire wood given the difficulties of processing it. Underneath the wood they have used a single sheet of meticulously oxidized metal that is laser cut to size, then assembled into a box by one of their master craftsmen. Opening the chest you’ll find a treasure of glass checkers and dice handmade by Orfeo Quagliata’s artisans. Orfeo takes his most interesting glass techniques to apply them to all the chips in the game. The checkers are manufactured in two different processes. The "Barcodes" technique is a fine linear design with schemes of different colors that contrast between one competitor and another. Thin strips of different colored glass are placed next to each other and then fused into a single piece, from which circular pieces are drilled, ground and hand polished to form the chip. The more sober and bitone "Roarshax" technique presents an electrifying texture on the top of a transparent body. Meanwhile the dice are solid glass cubes...
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2010s Mexican Rustic Games

Materials

Steel

Leather Backgammon Set
Located in Milan, IT
Dynamic and unpredictable, this backgammon boardgame set is a lavish accent piece for both modern and traditional interiors. The set box is crafted exclusively of Canaletto walnut, w...
Category

2010s Italian Games

Materials

Brass

Leather Backgammon Set
Leather Backgammon Set
H 3.15 in W 16.93 in D 11.82 in
Beige Backgammon Box Game
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden handmade backgammon game dressed in fine and soft genuine leather with brass dice in palladium plating. Available in different colors. Pleas...
Category

2010s Italian Games

Materials

Leather

Beige Backgammon Box Game
Beige Backgammon Box Game
H 3.55 in W 13.39 in D 9.45 in
Rare French, Early 19th Century Napoleonic Medal Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Rare French early 19th century Napoleonic medal cabinet on four gilt bronze pawfeet, a hinged door to the top and front opening to reveal four drawers containing 184 very fine bronzed plaster medals...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Games

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Paper

Backgammon set in leather case with needlework board & vintage counters - Green.
Located in London, GB
The saddle leather case opening to reveal a needlework board, vintage counters and dice in a veg tan throwing cup. Made in UK by Nick Plant These beautiful unique boards are made in small English workshops using traditional materials. Dimensions: 10cm (h) x 55cm (w) x 37cm (l) / 3.9" (h) x 21.5" (w) x 14.5" (l) Two colours...
Category

2010s British Games

Materials

Leather

Large Victorian Games Compendium in Hardwood Jointed Box with Many Games
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality large Games Compendium, complete with many individual games in its original hardwood storage box with a hinged lid. All the pieces are well made and complete. The box is very well made of a jointed hardwood, possibly red walnut and is a high quality piece in its own right. The box has developed a lovely color and patination from use and wear. The exterior has a brass oval inset into its top, a brass twin lever lock and brass hinges. The interior is sectioned into different sub compartments by hardwood dividers. Many different games are included within the compendium, including; 55 piece 9 - spot dominoes Chess set - Very good high quality set, large pieces( Kings 8.7 cm high) and glass eyes to Knights, Draughts with 24 x turned hardwood pieces Backgammon with 30 x turned hardwood counters 2 sets of playing cards and two Bezique marker boards Hardwood turned dice shaker and various different dice tiddlywinks Pick up sticks...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Games

Materials

Metal, Brass

Early 19th Century French Mahogany Miniature Escritoire
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and most unusual early 19th century French mahogany miniature escritoire having hinged top over one frieze drawer raised on original brass ball feet (This most unusual piece was almost certainly made originally as a travelling salesman...
Category

Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Games

Materials

Mahogany

Guapo Backgammon
Located in Paris, FR
Backgammon Guapo with solid mahogany and solid walnut case, with walnut hinge and magnetic closing with button. Covered with suede leather and with leather inlaid playing surface. Ga...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Games

Materials

Leather, Mahogany, Walnut

Guapo Backgammon
Guapo Backgammon
H 2.76 in W 17.33 in D 13.78 in
Vintage Backgammon Dominos Briefcase with Multiple Game Set
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage backgammon and dominos briefcase with multiple Game Set monogrammed SB. Vintage 1970 backgammon, dominos game set grey and black velvet interio...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games

Materials

Leather, Fabric

19th Century Victorian Walnut Games Compendium, Cards & Board Games, C.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Victorian walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Games

Materials

Walnut

Backgammon set in leather case with needlework board & vintage counters - Blue.
Located in London, GB
The saddle leather case opening to reveal a needlework board, vintage counters and dice in a veg tan throwing cup. Made in UK by Nick Plant These beautiful unique boards are made in ...
Category

2010s British Games

Materials

Leather

1980s Gorgeous Piero Fornasetti Backgammon in Excellent condition. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous Piero Fornasetti backgammon for Dal Negro in walnut wood , the set is in excellent condition and includes four dices, the doubling cube, two dice shaker, all 30 checke...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Games

Materials

Wood, Walnut

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19th Century European Inlaid Box For 2 Sets of Playing Cards
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century European Inlaid Game Box For Two Decks of Playing Cards. The box is richly decorated with inlaid fruitwood and holds two set of playing cards.
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Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Games

Materials

Fruitwood

Empire Chess Set Game
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 19th century Empire mahogany chess set with drawer. Checkerboard with inlaid squares of mahogany and satinwood. The chess set is complete with 32 original hand-carved pieces,...
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Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Games

Materials

Bone, Mahogany, Satinwood

Empire Chess Set Game
Empire Chess Set Game
H 11.03 in W 11.03 in D 2.37 in
Swiss Kingwood, Nacre, and Brass Inlaid Card Games Box, Complete, circa 1890
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite Swiss, circa 1890, games box of rectangular form with canted edges; the slightly domed top with brass and ebony inlaid perimeters surrounding geometric nacre (mother-of-...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Louis XVI Antique Games

Materials

Brass

French Billiard Games Table from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French billiard games table from the beginning of the 20th century.  
Category

1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Games

Materials

Wood

Rare Empire Style Chessboard with Napoleon and Josephine, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. 1960 . Empire style . Napoleon and Josephine against the british . Gilt and silvered metal . Decorate with a frieze . Standing on four fe...
Category

1960s French Empire Vintage Games

Materials

Metal

Antique, New and Vintage Games

There’s no better way to wind down after a week of work than with a well-designed antique, new or vintage game.

A beautifully designed contemporary or vintage game can introduce an element of fun to any room in your home — and it doesn’t have to be limited to the game room. The right mid-century or antique chess set or backgammon board can mean high stakes as well as high style for any entertainment room or cheery home bar area, with works from the period proving as pivotal to relaxation as they are eye-catching statement pieces.

While trends come and go, a unique vintage games table never goes out of style. Chess has an enduring and universal appeal, of which we were reminded following 2020’s successful Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, while classic tric-trac tables are showstoppers in a secretive way, affording party guests a treasury of gaming under the guise of a fine neoclassical writing desk. But in shopping for the latter, strategize your next move carefully — an 18th-century tric-trac table designed in the Louis XVI style can get costly. Gambling games are always on trend, and, in a pinch, you can turn your standard console table or coffee table into a platform for roulette, cards or craps to introduce a little cheeky fun at your next soiree.

Table games such as pool, foosball and Ping-Pong — which is getting a makeover in the hands of today’s designers — can transform your already winning game room, while integrating games or games tables in any corner of your home can support your effort to make every bit of your space more warm and inviting. Browse a vast collection of antique, new and vintage games today on 1stDibs.

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