|
ShopNBU.com > Wood Chess Sets > Wood Chess Set - Medium Size - Hand Crafted Olive Wood
Wood Chess Sets - Medium Size
Wooden Chess Sets are hand-crafted from Mediterranean olivewood & rosewood by Tunisian woodturning artisans.
Hand-carved Tunisian Mediterranean Olive Wood Chess Sets
Medium Mediterranean Olive Wood Chess Sets from Tunisia
These Medium Mediterranean Olive Wood Chess Sets feature a square shape, and are conveniently more compact in size. If space is an issue, than these medium-sized chess boards will solve the problem. The checkerboard squares are tinted black or red, with your choice of chess board color!
Each Medium Olive Wood Chess Set comes complete with a full set of both natural and black pigmented, hand-carved olive wood chess pieces. Each chess piece is a unique character, that is representative of Tunisian art.
The same minimal care is needed to keep the olive wood chess pieces in perfect condition. Simply apply a small amount of natural olive oil to a soft cloth and rub each piece (as with the chess board). For a satin or matte finish, simply use less oil. Remove excess olive oil with a soft, dry cloth.
Each chess set is hand-carved, and the natural olive wood grain and color of the chess board and individual chess pieces will differ from one chess set to the next. This makes each set unique and collectible.
Medium Size Square Olive Wood Chess Sets Feature:
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 10.5" x 10.5" x 2.75"
- Square design (square-shaped) chess board
- Black or Red pigmented checkerboard pattern
- Rosewood inlay provides wood grain contrast to the olivewood inlay (rosewood squares are tinted either black or red - olivewood squares remain natural in color)
- 2 Slide-out compartment drawers for storage of chess pieces
- Includes both natural and black pigmented individual chess pieces
- Each wooden chess set is hand-crafted and unique, making each set highly collectible
- Mediterranean olive wood grain gives the chess set a marble-like finish, creating a beautiful display piece
- Chess boards & individual chess pieces are intricately carved in fine detail and are also made of rare olivewood
- Natural looking pigments enhance the individual chess pieces, and checkerboard design
- Care is minimal, requiring only an occassional rubbing with natural olive oil to enhance the olive wood grain
- Now available in your choice of chess board colors:
Wood Chess Set Gallery
  
   
Wood Chess Sets
(Click images for larger view.)
Availability:
- Usually ships (leaves the warehouse) in 2-3 business days.
- Ships to the Contental US, Alaska, Hawaii, & Canada. (If shipping to Alaska, Hawaii or Canada, please email us for a shipping quote, before ordering.)
- WILL ship to most APO/FPO or PO Box addresses.
Medium Olive Wood Chess Set
Item: SQ102MD
Retails For: $110.00 Our Price: $79.95
 SALE PRICE: $63.74You save $46.26 |
|
|
Tunisian Cultural Influences
 Throughout its history, a variety of nations held control of Tunisia, and people from other nations migrated to this North African country. This led to the variety of cultures living in Tunisia today. These cultural influences are apparent in the beautiful designs, patterns, and glazes of traditional Tunisian ceramics, cloth tapestries, woven carpets, and the intricate olive wood carvings that Tunisia is known for all over the world.
Brief History of Tunisia
Native Tunisians are descendants of indigenous Berber and Arab tribes that migrated to North Africa during the seventh century. Recorded history in Tunisia begins with the arrival of Phoenicians, who founded Carthage and other North African settlements.
Carthage was captured by the Romans in AD 146, and the Romans continued to rule North Africa until they were defeated by Germanic tribesmen from Europe in the fifth century.
The Muslim conquest in the seventh century transformed North Africa. Tunisia became a center of Arab culture until its assimilation into the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.
In the 19th century, in 1869, an international financial commission was formed, and France, the United Kingdom, and Italy established control over the Tunisian economy. France later established a protectorate in Tunisia, in 1881. Resistance to French rule continued into the 20th century, and this rise of nationalism led to Tunisia's independence in 1956.
Traditional Olive Wood Artistry
Hand-carved Tunisian Olive Wood Chess Sets have a history as rich and interesting as the history of the country of Tunisia and of its people. The diversity of cultural influences and the traditional wood-turning skills that are passed down from one generation of craftsman to the next, combine to create unique, one-of-a-kind olive wood pieces that are truly works of art.
Mediterranean olive wood is heavy, dense and durable, with a distinctive red pigment in its grain. Colors also range in nuances of cream to dark brown, with irregular gray, brown, and black lines. The complex and irregular veins give the carved wood the appearance of marble. It is one of the most expensive woods around, and it is rare to find olive wood carvings, or even olive wood in the United States.
 The olive wood is interesting, in its own right, with no two grains being alike. Olive wood is easily recognized and differentiated from other woods by its unique and aesthetic grain. The artistically smooth and exotic grain of the olive wood, tags it as the most creative wood known to man. It is very difficult to match the grain of two pieces since the pattern is completely hidden in the heart of the wood. This durable wood needs only an occasional rubbing with olive oil to bring out the pattern of the wood grain.
The characteristics of the olive wood renders it an ideal material for a variety of crafted wares and decorating accessories such as the cutting boards, trays, coasters, cutlery, bowls, chess sets and sculpture found in marketplaces and households throughout Mediterranean countries. This is especially true in Tunisia, where the tradition is deeply rooted in local olive wood artistry.
|
|
|
Have questions? Need help?
We would be glad to help you! Simply contact us at : info@shopnbu.com
We accept most major credit cards through our merchant account:
We also welcome Paypal Members and accept eChecks through Paypal!
If you would like to pay by check or money order, please
email sales@shopnbu.com for the details.
|
|
|
Square Wood Chess Set Board
Octagon Wood Chess Set Board
Unique Wood Chess Set Board
