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Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade
Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1910
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
, opening up to make a pokerwork chess board with further pokerwork design to the sides. All the pieces are
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Games
Materials
Brass
Ornate Italian Pietra Dura Marble Top Game Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
dura inlaid chess board. Foliate scroll carved wood apron over carved and turned center support. Hand
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Game Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Italian Gilt Carved Putto with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
holding a table top inlaid with a variety of marble squares in a chess board style. The top is framed by
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Modern Rose Gold Chess Queen White DIamond Necklace
Located in Marlow, GB
rose gold with a fine line of white diamonds. As the most powerful piece on the chess board, The Queen
Category
2010s British Chain Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
18th Century French Marquetry Bouilliotte Style Game Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
flips to a chess board, or can be removed to show an inset tooled leather top. Beautiful inlay work
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Game Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Olive, Satinwood, Tulipwood, Walnut
Drexel Heritage Regency Style Leather And Mahogany Game Table
By Drexel
Located in Long Branch, NJ
! Each side has one drawer and one faux drawer and the middle has a chess board that flips over into a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Regency Game Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Chess Game Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
like a chess board. They would flip the table top when playing and the pieces would comfortably fit in
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Game Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess board in white and black marble stone with elaborately hand
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Late 19th Century Portrait Decorated Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
chess board with squares individually hand painted with miniature watercolor portraits of different
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Robj, Templars and Saracen Chess Set, French Art Deco 1920s
By ROBJ
Located in PARIS, FR
1930.
Beautiful and playful detail on the pieces. Exotic wood chess board of origin.
In very good
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Game Board Box
Located in Chicago, IL
opens to reveal two classic games: a checker or chess board on one side and a vibrant backgammon board
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Game Boards
Materials
Wood
English Chess Game Portable, Circa Late 19th Century
By John Jaques
Son Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
, etc., anywhere really.
Gameboard is described as 'In Status Quo Chess Board' (embossed on top edge as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Campaign Games
Materials
Composition, Brass
Vintage Marble Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess board in white and black and grey
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
of games
This is a very well made and comprehensive suite, there is a chess board and pieces
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Games
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Game Table, France 1810-20, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
This neoclassical game table from France dates back to 1810-20. It has a chess board on the top
Category
Antique 1810s French Neoclassical Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Yew
Late Baroque Games Box Chess Backgammon Decorated with Rich Wooden Interior.
Located in Knivsta, SE
types wood. The top of the box is a chess board decorated with three types of wood. The opposite side of
Category
Antique Late 17th Century European Baroque Games
Materials
Birch, Olive, Walnut
Antique Chess Table, English Oak, Games Table, Cotswold School, Mid 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
surface, with rounded corners
Marquetry chess board inlaid in satinwood and walnut
Pair of drawers set
Category
Mid-20th Century British Game Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Regency Penwork Tripod Games Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
decoration. The square top with a wide elaborate foliate border and chess board to the centre, raised on a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Materials
Wood
George IV Period Games Table Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
reversible slide, revealing the baize lined backgammon and cribbage well, and reverses to provide a chess
Category
Antique 19th Century English George IV Game Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Chess
Backgammon Games Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Backgammon Board, The Elegantly Shaped Frieze With A Slide To Each End And Removable Double Sided Chess
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George II Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Onyx and Marble Top Carved Oak Chess and Checker Game Table
Located in Dallas, TX
onyx and marble surface decorated with a black and white checker or chess board game in the center. The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIII Game Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Royal Crown Stamped Victorian Oak Games Compendium Chess Cards Dominos Checkers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
This is a very well made and comprehensive suite, there is a chess board with staunton pieces
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Oak
Fully Restored French Empire Hardwood Chess Table Marble Ormolu Mount circa 1900
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
has been stripped and French polished
The chess board is two types of absolutely stunning marble
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Marble
$1,919 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Belle Époque Niello Pin Bar Brooch Tie Brooch Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
out of silver and has been decorated with niello in a fine chess board pattern. The pin is marked 800
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Belle Époque Vanity Items
Materials
Silver, Niello
Antique Russian Silver Snuffbox with Architecture Motif
Located in Vienna, AT
Moscow landmark building in an ornamental frame. The backside is engraved with chess board pattern and a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Art Deco Wabi Sabi Naive Brown Oak Prison Cell Table and Bench, 1930s
Located in Berlin, DE
Prison.
It is made out of brown oak and the tabletop has got some nice naive carvings like a chess board
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Dining Room Sets
Materials
Metal
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Coromandel Games Compendium c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Decoration : Contains: Chess, Draughts and Backgammon board, all chess pieces mounted on fold out doors, four
Category
Antique 1880s British Victorian Games
Materials
Wood
Staunton Style Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
piece being covered with felt allowing the pieces to slide more easily across the chess board. The chess
Category
Early 20th Century British Games
Materials
Boxwood
$2,673
Lovely circa 1880 Victorian Walnut Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
of games.
This is a very well made and comprehensive suite, there is a chess board and pieces
Category
Antique 1880s European High Victorian Games
Materials
Walnut
Nest of Regency Specimen Wood Tables by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
within amboyna, the third bird’s eye maple within amboyna and the smallest with a chess board of all the
Category
Antique 1810s English Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Rosewood
White Leather Chessboard
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Dynamic and elegant, this chess board set will make a sublime accent in a modern or traditional
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Brass
$3,080
White Leather Chessboard
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Dynamic and elegant, this chess board set will make a sublime accent in a modern or traditional
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Metal, Brass
$3,080 / item
Lacquer Custom Square Game Table
Located in New York, NY
be flipped over to expose the chess board. Perfect size to play cards, poker, board games etc. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Game Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$7,400 / item
Custom Backgammon Game Table
Located in New York, NY
Custom walnut or mahogany table with backgammon board and pull out chess board. Perfect size to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Game Tables
Materials
Wood
$6,730 / item
Vintage Set Of Chess Figures
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
piece being covered with felt allowing the pieces to slide more easily across the chess board. The chess
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Games
Materials
Wood
Square Game Table
Located in New York, NY
be flipped over to expose the chess board. Perfect size to play cards, poker, board games etc. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Game Tables
Materials
Wood
$6,410 / item
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game Inlaid Walnut Box handmade, circa 1930
s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
inlays of a lighter wood to the lid top. The base section is fitted with the chess board and the lid is a
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Games
Materials
Wood
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
Specimen Marble
Walnut Chess Top Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
, Having Octagonal Shaped Top With Fabulous Specimen Marble Chess Board Inset To Highly Figured Outer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Tables
Materials
Marble
Lovely Antique circa 1900 Hardstone
Marble Inlaid Chess Table Stunning Colours
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chess board, mostly it’s in fine order throughout
Dimensions
Height:- 61cm
Width:- 52.5cm
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Late Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Regency Penwork Tripod Games Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
penwork decoration. The square top with a wide elaborate foliate border and chess board to the centre
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
A player. Figurative drawing, Symbolic Surrealism, Chess, Polish artist
By Joanna Wiszniewska-Domanska
Located in Warsaw, PL
man dressed in black visible from the back. There is a chess board with a singular chess piece in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Chance" Contemporary Surrealist Perspectival Map Drawing of Albany, New York
By Ken Ragsdale
Located in New York, NY
color drawing over a recreation of that print, with added contemporary surrealist elements of a chess
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
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
Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963 - Julian Wasser
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
retrospective at The Pasadena Art Museum, helped direct this shot by setting up the chess board in front of the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fine Cherry French Style Games Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
drawer on the front and back sides. The top has a Chess board underneath and is removable to reveal a
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Game Tables
Materials
Cherry
Maison Jansen Modernist Backgammon Games Table
Located in Dallas, TX
a black colored border, center chess board etched with black and red "points" creating a beautiful
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Chrome
Parsons Style Vanucci Games Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
. Nicely grained border with central inlaid chess board. Drink coasters to each corner and full set of
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Metal, Other
Empire Games Table French Inlay Console Tables
Located in Potters Bar, GB
antiques markets
Opens out to reveal playing surface with chess board
Very clean and minimal design great
Category
Vintage 1980s French Provincial Game Tables
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Vanity, Germany 1780
Located in Leimen, DE
, while carved decorative details enhance its refined design. The piece also features a striking chess
Category
Antique 1780s German Louis XVI Vanities
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Julian Wasser
s Iconic Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
setting up the chess board in front of the artwork "The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even" (1915
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Antique English Pembroke Games Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
and Ebony, and the sliding piece separates completely to flip and reveal an inlaid Chess board. The
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Game Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Handcarved
Crafted Mid Century Wood Chess Table! Teak Maple Walnut Set 1950s
Located in Peoria, AZ
which was done to repeat the contrasts of the chess board itself. Even the pieces feature wonderful
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Game Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Teak, Walnut
$6,000 Sale Price
53% Off
Nest of Three Regency Rosewood Coffee Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
coffee tables having extremely well figured tops, the centre table with inlaid chess board, raised on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking T...
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Victorian Chinese Black Lacquered and Abalone Inlaid Games Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, backgammon, chess and checkers game.
The fine antique Chinese game board in black lacquered wood and abalone
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Victorian Games
Materials
Abalone, Wood, Lacquer
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Ash Desk Bureau Secretary, 1950s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
. As you open the plate you see an amazing interior with drawers arranged like a chess board with brass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Ash, Walnut
LTD EDITION 40/500 THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN PeWTER CHESS SET
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
magnificent pieces are ghosted across this equally magnificent chess board. Wherever you are in the World, and
Category
20th Century British Other Games
Materials
Pewter
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Chess Board For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic chess board available at 1stDibs. Each chess board for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, stone and marble. There are 147 variations of the antique or vintage chess board you’re looking for, while we also have 8 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer chess board, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right chess board, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Victorian and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made chess board over the years, but those crafted by Arval Argenti Valenza, Orfeo Quagliata and Austin Enterprises are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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The average selling price for a chess board at 1stDibs is $1,495, while they’re typically $125 on the low end and $95,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Chess Board
- What is the best chess board?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021Chess 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.