Resale/auction items will once have been a bespoke item for someone else. Examples of US cabinet makers offering to take commissions for chess tables at this price point are Hardwood Creations and Puddle Town Woodworking. A bespoke desk will typically cost upwards of $2,000 - the absence of mass production has a huge impact on price. A table that is suitable for play or study has to be commissioned from a cabinet maker. At auction, decorative items that are reproductions (ie not an antique) can be picked up for less than $100. For example, the squares on the board are unlikely to be the tournament standard of 2 inches to 2.2 inches. The dimensions and appearance of the tables reflect this. Most of what is out there consists of decorative items – living room side tables, occasional tables, or coffee tables. There is no mass market for tables designed for chess players to use for study or match play. I waited a long time for an item like this to come up at auction or to pass through the hands of some antique furniture dealers I know. Perhaps readers of this forum can help here, if they recognise the piece, as I'd really like to know something about the table's history. I have no information about the first purchaser.
Rust and made by Graham Hudson, cabinet maker. My table was originally sold by the London firm of Heal & Son in July 1967. Check the Chess Books & Equipment forum threads for discussions by many who have purchased his boards.Ĭheck out p.4 of this thread to see several closeup photos of my CWW board. Saving tons of money! This one is 35 inches square which is larger than the standard 29.5 inches that you see in most similar square tables.and the price is right.Īnd use the money you saved to acquire a nice custom made solid wood chess board, for example from Brad Borkowski, aka ColoradoWoodWorker, on ETSY. I just have to decide which would be a better bang for the buck which is currently being discussed with these two makers of tables.Īnother option is to buy a square dining table, and put your chess board on it. Notice how the center will have a cavity with two hand cutouts so that the reversible boards can be easily flipped.
They are both quite outstanding in design and craftsmanship. The other manufacturer can custom make the playing the side panels wider just like the first two tables shown but without the padded player's rest. Much roomier on the sides and quite comfortable as well. Roomy, comfortable, and beautiful decor for a chess tournament or home setup. Louis chess club championship held yearly.īoth tables have identical styles to them with padded players rests for comfort and plenty of room to the sides of the playing board for captured pieces, a clock, and some extra room for players refreshments. The first will has a chess table concept similar to the 1966 Havana Olympiad table where the late Bobby Fischer played in the tournament and an additional idea concept from the St. I'm currently in negotiation discussion outline planning with 2 manufacturers. The second chessboard will have 2 3/8" & 2.5 " playing squares. The first board will have 2" & 2 1/4" playing squares I planning to obtain a second chess table that will have 2 reversible chessboards. I had specifically asked the builder to have the grains of the playing squares moving in a horizontal direction which is my preferred visual of a chessboard. Delaney Fund Reference Number 2010.This will be my very first chess table ever.
, Made 1945-1954 Medium Ebonized plywood, aluminum, and Lucite Dimensions 52.7 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm (20 3/4 × 25 × 25 in.) Credit Line Through prior bequest of Arthur Rubloff purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society Quinn E. , Herman Miller Furniture Company (Manufacturer) Title Chess Table Places Zeeland (Object made in), United States (Artist's nationality) Dates Designed 1944 Status On View, Gallery 262 Department Arts of the Americas Artists Isamu Noguchi The designer George Nelson bought the original table, and a few years later connected Noguchi with the manufacturer Herman Miller, who briefly put the table into commercial production. It also demonstrates his synthesis of Eastern and Western influences: Noguchi drew from the gestural profiles of Chinese calligraphy for the tabletop form and Japanese joinery techniques for the base’s interlocking legs. The table epitomizes his exploration of Surrealism through its irregular biomorphic shape. Isamu Noguchi first designed this sculptural chess table for the 1944 Surrealist exhibition, The Imagery of Chess.
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