Curtle

Made slowly in Sri Lanka.

A chess board standing upright in a dark timber frame, its sixty-four squares alternating matte black and pale straw yellow with a fine border line drawn around the playing area.

Shoreline

Framed chess board

$7

Sixty-four squares in a dark frame, and no pieces at all.

One only. There is not a second one.

Materials & dimensions
  • Printed board
  • Solid timber frame

40 × 4 × 40 cm · 1.9 kg

Made in Galle, Southern Province · HS 9504.90

Care
Dry cloth only; water will get under the printed surface at the edges. Store flat or standing, but not leaning at an angle against a wall for months, which will bow it.
Shipping & duties

Standard $66

Estimated 7–14 days

Express $125.40

Estimated 4–7 days

North America · 1.9 kg

Free standard shipping over $250.

Import duties and taxes are set by United States, not by us. They are not included above, and your carrier collects them on delivery.

The story

A board and nothing else. Sixty-four squares in matte black and pale straw, ruled with a fine border line, set into a dark timber frame deep enough that it stands up on a shelf as an object in its own right.

The colours are worth a word. Chess boards are conventionally called black and white but are almost never actually white — a true white square glares under a lamp and makes the pieces hard to read. This one uses a straw yellow, which is the traditional answer and much easier to play on for two hours.

No pieces come with it. If you have a set already, or you want the roll-up set's pieces on something better than vinyl, this is the board for it.