French Knight Ebonised Classic Chess Set

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French Knight Ebonised Classic Chess SetClassic Staunton design. Expertly turned from boxwood. Weighted and felted chessmen. 8. 3cm tall king. Two additional queens. Beautifully crafted board from Spain. High quality walnut and maple. 40cm chessboard. 4. 4cm playing squares. An elegant, great value chess set featuring weighted ebonised boxwood pieces and a compact walnut board crafted by Rechapados Ferrer of Spain. Each chess piece in this set has been expertly turned from solid boxwood.

US President from 1933 until 1945

The 1853 Paulsen Reproduction chessmen have been named after Louis Paulsen (Jan 1833 to August 1891)

The King: Lord Burghley – Sir William Cecil

the carvings add rather than subtract from the set

Handcrafted ebony and boxwood

The chessboard is also made from sturdy metal and has a distinctive burnished olive green hand-applied finish

Walnut is rich in colour with particularly dense grain - well suited to modern interiors

Housed in a sophisticated double case with a magnetic closure

and it complements the chess pieces perfectly by providing just the right amount of contrast

natural rivers of wood grain that complement the chess pieces upon it wonderfully

this set enjoys two additional queens for promotion

The bishop in the green army is a particularly gruesome creature