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Large Game Set, Chess, Backgammon,
Checkers Set
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful Decorative Chess, Backgammon, & Checkers Game Set made of inlaid wood. Handmade & so
Category
Moroccan Games
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Chess Stools
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
With strong lines and geometric design, these stools are stunningly sculptural pieces, conferring a powerful energy to any space. Whether on its own or grouped together, this brass-p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Materials
Brass, Steel
$8,800 / set
Antiques Games Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
removable tray which contains: six bone dice, red & Ivory Staunton chess set, red & bone draughts / back
Category
Antique 19th Century British Boxes
Materials
Brass
$6,000
Antique China Trade Cabin Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century. The chess set illustrated is sold as a separate item.
Folded size is given.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Commodes and Chests of Drawers
19Th Century Anglo Indian Campaign Chess Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
full set of Staunton chess pieces and two pull out slides. The top of the table has ivory strapping
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Game Tables
Materials
Ivory, Mahogany
Modernist Chess Game in Two Colored Travertine, Italy 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brussels , BE
Very special set of chess made out of solid travertine. Two sets available.
Category
Vintage 1970s Games
Materials
Travertine
Solid Brass Sculpture by Charles O. Perry Titled Cassini
By Charles O. Perry
Located in Dallas, TX
objects for Tiffany, puzzles for the Museum of Modern Art, and a chess set which is in the Design
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Polished Iron Game Table Chess Board Top, circa 1900
Located in Houston, TX
vintage French chess board game tabletop was set in its place to create a fantastic game table. The chalky
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Side Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Hickok Checkmate Glass Martini Cocktail Set
By Hickok Manufacturing Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A chess-themed vintage glass cocktail set with original box comprised of six pieces: A pitcher
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
games box
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
chess and backgammon complete set
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tableware
Materials
Wood
$950
Games Box
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Chess and backgammon complete sets
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Game Boards
Materials
Wood
$950
A Superb Scientific English Library Table
Located in New York, NY
. If one was so inclined, one could also play chess on the inlaid checkerboard set within the amazing
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Brass
Moorish Octagon Walnut Table Inlaid with Camel Bone, Damascus, Syria c. 1880
Located in Houston, TX
A handsome walnut table inlaid with an intricate pattern of ivory including a chess board made in
Category
Antique 19th Century Syrian Moorish Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Chess Set
Located in Oaks, PA
Victorian Chess Set, Of square form with inlaid exotic woods, all self contained with pull out
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Games
Materials
Wood
Austin COX Chess Set
Located in San Francisco, CA
Austin COX chess set with a board.
Note the board has some staining.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Games
$1,650
Antique Chess Set
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Indian Chess set featuring unusual bone pieces in natural colour and red stain. The box
Category
Antique 19th Century British Games
Brown Marble Small Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Small marble chess set and carved marble chess pieces, complete set.
Category
Vintage 1960s Games
Materials
Marble
Antique Chess Set
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
High quality Staunton Chess Set made of red stained and natural bone with it's original box
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Games
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
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Casa Shop Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
The Chess Set by Casa Shop, the second design in our stone collection handmade by artisans in Perú
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Modern Games
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
Staunton Chess Set Late 19th Century
By House of Staunton
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Staunton chess set with boxwood and ebony pieces in rosewood box with brass corners and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Games
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood
Unique Chess Set Handmade and Painted, Japan, 1970s
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Rare and unique chess set handmade and painted, Japan, 1970s
Fabulous chess set lampooning the
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Games
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wooden Chess Set
Located in Troy, NY
This hand carved wooden chess set from the 1960's is a wonderful display of American craftsmanship
Category
1960s Modern More Art
Materials
Wood
Asian Chess Set
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Georgian Asian chess set comprising of natural and red stained ivory pieces, beautifully carved
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Asian Games
Materials
Ivory
$6,161
Chess Set
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Concord, MA
DOROTHY DEHNER (1901-1994)
Chess Set, 1957 conceived, cast in 1993-4
Pewter
Height: 2 - 4 inches
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Games
Materials
Brass
1970s Modernist Aluminum and Walnut Chess Set
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1970s chess set designed and manufactured in France.
Walnut and sycamore wooden chessboard
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Chess Set by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
rare, Minimalist chess set by Carl Auböck
cast iron, chromed and blackened
comes with a felt
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Games
Materials
Iron
Space Age Chess Set by Anri
By ANRI, Arthur Elliot
Located in High Point, NC
Beautiful carved "Space Age" chess set pieces designed by Arthur Elliott for ANRI
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
Victorian Reverse Painted Chess Board with Associated Chess Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
Victorian reverse painted chess board with associated chess set, colorful and intricate inset 13.5
Category
Antique 19th Century English High Victorian Games
Materials
Composition
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Games
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Game Tables
Materials
Metal
Austin COX Modernist Chess Set, Circa 1960s
By Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fine quality, highly stylized chess set designed by Austin Cox and manufactured by Alcoa Aluminum
Category
Vintage 1960s American Games
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Chess Set Pieces in Vegan Leather Box
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Vintage chess set pieces in Vegan leather box
All pieces in plastic (black and white) with an
Category
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Games
Materials
Plastic
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
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Brass, Chrome, Steel
Chess Set
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Concord, MA
Pewter
Height: 2 - 4 inches
Signed and numbered
From an edition of 25
Category
20th Century Sculptures
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx, Steel, Nickel
Unique
Monumental Hand Crafted Wooden Chess Set 33pc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is monumental hand crafted chess set, it's 33 pieces total including the game board
Category
Vintage 1980s American Other Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Unique Brutalist Bronze Chess Set, The Netherlands, 1978
By Jan de Graaf
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This amazing chess set was made by the well known Dutch artist Jan de Graaf in 1978.
Each chess
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Brutalist Games
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Category
Mid-20th Century French Games
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1970s Handmade Wood And Composite Stone Chess Set
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This amazing vintage chess set is complete with dark blue green and beige pieces cast in resin and
Category
Vintage 1970s Mexican Folk Art Games
Materials
Stone, Cast Stone, Composition
Marble Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful vintage black and white marble chess board with brass inlay and 32 chess pieces
Category
20th Century Modern Game Boards
Materials
Marble, Brass
$425
Stone Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Each set features hand-carved pieces and a board in Soapstone and Soft Blue Celestine. The board is
Category
2010s Peruvian Games
Materials
Stone, Soapstone
$1,105
Vintage Brutalist Style Cast Metal Chess Set with Twisted and Flanged Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Brutalist style chess set in cast metal. The pieces feature a twisted and flanged design
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Games
Materials
Metal
Grey Marble Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful vintage grey and black marble chess board with brass inlay and 32 chess pieces.
Category
20th Century Games
Materials
Marble
Travel Size Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful, travel size marble and quartz chess board with hand carved pieces in brown marble and
Category
20th Century American Games
Materials
Quartz, Marble
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Bohemian Games
Materials
Softwood, Lacquer
Giuseppe Vasari (1934-2005) Fine Gilt Metal Chess Set And Marble Game Board
By Giuseppe Vasari
Located in London, GB
Giuseppe Vasari (1934-2005, Italy), gilt and silvered metal chess set .
2 tone green and white
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Games
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
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
Category
Vintage 1950s American Outsider Art Games
Materials
Metal
Austin Cox Chess Set for Alcoa
By Austin Enterprises
Located in Chicago, IL
agency Ketchum, McLeod & Grove. The game: Chess.
In 1962, Austin Cox designed these sleek pieces which
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
American Midcentury, Hand Cast
Polished, Limited Edition, Shah Mat Chess Set
Located in Port Hope, ON
This magnificent American midcentury "Shah Mat" (the original Persian name for chess) set is
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Bronze
Italian Lapis Blue Alabaster Marble Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Hand crafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy.
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Lapis Blue Alabaster Marble Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Hand crafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy.
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster
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".
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Italian Lapis Blue/Peach Large Alabaster Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Hand crafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy.
Condition: New
Dimension: 13.5" x 13.5".
Category
2010s Italian Games
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Italian Lapis Blue/White Large Alabaster Marble Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
Hand crafted and hand carved in Volterra, Italy.
New.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Games
Materials
Alabaster
Rare Vintage 1930’s Trifari Chess Set Fur-Clip Pins
Earrings
By Trifari
Located in New York, NY
mint condition is a miracle. These chess pieces have ivory color enameling and green, blue and clear
Category
Vintage 1930s Brooches
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- 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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