Exotic Wood Chess Boards & Tables
Compete in the ultimate game of strategy with a SOLID WOOD hand-crafted, designer chess board from Jarecki Wood Concepts. The Chess Boards are made with hardwoods from the United States and around the world, our wooden chess boards and chess tables will compliment your most precious chess pieces. Choose from a variety of styles and colors to add elegance to any room.
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Bloodwood and Red Oak Bloodwood is the common name for several unrelated groups of trees commonly found in Venezuela, Peru, Panama, and Brazil. One such group includes deciduous South American trees with large yellow-orange flowers. It yields a thick red juice which is often used in the production of black dyes. The name bloodwood for these trees stems from the dark red to brown sap that accumulates on wounds on the trunks. The wood is hard and heavy, has a fine texture and a natural ability to take a polish and is used for furniture, cabinets, and tourist novelties in Brazil. Red Oak is a relatively fast growing hardwood tree common in North America. It generally grows 50' to 70' tall with diameters from 1' to 3'. (read more...) |
Price: $195.00 | |
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Cherry & Cocobolo Cherry trees and shrubs bare a smooth, round fruit with a hard stony seed and are native to northern temperate regions of the world. The wood from these trees is often a carmel-brown that ranges from rich red to reddish-brown. The sapwood is a creamy white. Trees grow from 60' to 80' in height and can live from 150 to 200 years. The wood has a medium density and strength with good bending properties. Source: http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/ Cocobolo is a hardwood from Central America. It has great beauty and high value. The species is in danger of extinction outside of national parks and reserves. Due to this, only a small amount makes it to the world market and it is expensive. The wood is variegated orange, yellow dark red with irregular black stripes. It is known to change color after being cut. It is a small to medium tree generally maturing to heights from 45' to 60' with trunks from 18" to 24". It is very dense, and even a large block of the cut wood will produce a clear musical tone when struck. Cocobolo is generally used for fine inlay work, brush backs, knife handles, musical instruments, pistol grips, decorative and figured veneers, bowls, jewelry boxes, luxury pens, and other expensive specialty items. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocobolo (read more...) |
Price: $295.00 | |
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Cherry & Padauk w/ Double Frame Cherry trees and shrubs bare a smooth, round fruit with a hard stony seed and are native to northern temperate regions of the world. The wood from these trees is often a carmel-brown that ranges from rich red to reddish-brown. The sapwood is a creamy white. Trees grow from 60' to 80' in height and can live from 150 to 200 years. The wood has a medium density and strength with good bending properties. Source: http: //www.hardwoodinfo.com Padauk trees can be found in areas of West Africa and Asia and describes any of several species of tropical trees that are highly prized as shade trees and for their red to reddish brown wood. The blood-red sap is used commercially for red dye. The reddish wood turns very bright red when cut but, when exposed to sunlight fades over time to a beautiful burnt umber. The sapwood is white when freshly cut, but turns to brownish yellow or gray upon exposure. The tree height ranges from 100' to 130', with trunk diameters from 2' to 5'. Boles are often straight and cylindrical, and are clear of branches to about 70'. Padauk is valued for toughness, stability in use, and decorativeness. The heartwood is durable and can last for more than 25 years in contact with the ground without any preservative treatment. it is very resistant to attack by termites. It is typically used for furniture, inlays, flooring, knife handles, veneer, and tool handles. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus (read more...) |
Price: $235.00 | |
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Chess Table (1) Focus your strategy with this beautiful chess table with a raised chess board. Made of solid Purpleheart and White Oak. *ACCESSORIES NOT INCLUDED (read more...) |
Price: $945.00 | |
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Chess Table (2) Relax and enjoy this uniquely designed and beautiful chess table made of solid Purpleheart with White Oak and Wengé framing. This table includes two drawers for chess pieces and plenty of space to study and strategize. *ACCESSORIES NOT INCLUDED (read more...) |
Price: $1,195.00 | |
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Cocobolo & Cherry Tournament-Sized Chess Board w/Dbl Cocobolo Frame Play the ultimate game of strategy on this simply elegant tournament-sized (2.5" squares) chess board. Made of two incredibly beautiful hardwoods and finished to an extremely smooth surface that brings out the glimmer of the wood grain, this chess board will be an excellent compliment to your very best chess pieces. The slightly raised playing surface combined with the double waterfall Cocobolo frame adds to its elegance and beauty. *CHESS PIECES NOT INCLUDED Cocobolo is a hardwood from Central America. It has great beauty and high value. The species is in danger of extinction outside of national parks and reserves. Due to this, only a small amount makes it to the world market and it is expensive. The wood is variegated orange, yellow dark red with irregular black stripes. It is known to change color after being cut. It is a small to medium tree generally maturing to heights from 45' to 60' with trunks from 18" to 24". It is very dense, and even a large block of the cut wood will produce a clear musical tone when struck. Cocobolo is generally used for fine inlay work, brush backs, knife handles, musical instruments, pistol grips, decorative and figured veneers, bowls, jewelry boxes, luxury pens, and other expensive specialty items. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocobolo Cherry trees and shrubs bare a smooth, round fruit with a hard stony seed and are native to northern temperate regions of the world. The wood from these trees is often a carmel-brown that ranges from rich red to reddish-brown. The sapwood is a creamy white. Trees grow from 60' to 80' in height and can live from 150 to 200 years. The wood has a medium density and strength with good bending properties. Source: http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/ (read more...) |
Price: $395.00 | |
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Purple Heart & White Oak Purpleheart is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants native to tropical rain forests from Mexico to South America. The trees are prized for their beautiful heartwood which, turns from a dark brown to a rich purple color. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light darkens the wood to a brown color with a hue of the original purple. Trees generally grow from 100' to 150' tall, with trunk diameters of up to 4.5'. The wood is very hard and dense. Grain is usually straight often with a fine curly figure and has a fine texture. Purpleheart is used for fine inlay work, wood-turning, cabinetry, and furniture. White Oak trees grown to heights of 100' with trunk diameters up to 4' and branches that spread from 50' to 80' making for great shade trees. Although more prominent in the Eastern United States, White Oak trees can be found in man regional areas of North America growing in coastal areas to high mountain slopes and fro dry areas to wet. The timber is highly valued for its density and toughness, as well as, its resistance to disease. It is commonly used for making furniture, cabinets, flooring and more... (read more...) |
Price: $215.00 | |
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Walnut & Zebrawood Zebrawood, most commonly from West Africa, is used for wood with a figure that reminds of Zebra striping. The heartwood is a pale golden yellow, distinct from the very pale color of the sapwood and features narrow streaks of dark brown to black. Zebrawood can also be a pale brown with regular or irregular marks of dark brown in varying widths. Zebrawood trees are an equatorial tree of medium to large size and commonly grow n pure strands along riverbanks. They can grow to heights of 150' with drunk diameters up to 5'. It is commonly used for custom furniture, furniture trim, inlay bandings, skis, tool handles, turnery and in limited ways for veneer, flooring, and wall paneling. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebrawood Walnut trees provide rich brown wood with a generally straight grain pattern that at times can be wavy and highly figured. Sapwood is a creamy light brown. Trees grow to heights of 100' to 150'. It is used for furniture, cabinetry, floors, gun stocks, and more. The wood can be finished to a beautiful lustrous finish and is often used in contrast with lighter colored species. (read more...) |
Price: $245.00 | |
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Wengé & Honduras Mahogany Wengé, also known as African/Congolese rosewood, is a tropical timber from Africa. The heartwood is very dark and dense and the sapwood is a distinctive pale yellow. The distinctive partridge grain pattern includes black grains separated by dark brown grains. Trees grow to a height of approximately 60' with trunk diameters up to 3'. The wood is popular in woodturning and is commonly used mixed with lighter woods such as white oak. It is often used for high-end and custom musical instruments and fine furniture and cabinetry. Honduras Mahogany, also known as Genuine Mahogany, is a tropical latin American hardwood that grows to heights of 150' with diameters of over 5'. Mahogany varies in color to include pale yellow, pink to red, and carmel-brown. Sapwood is white to yellow-white. Grains are straight and wavy and can have a beautiful curl figure that provides great depth with a good finish. *CHESS PIECES NOT INCLUDED (read more...) |
Price: $345.00 | |
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Wengé & Qtr Sawn White Oak Wengé, also known as African/Congolese rosewood, is a tropical timber from Africa. The heartwood is very dark and dense and the sapwood is a distinctive pale yellow. The distinctive partridge grain pattern includes black grains separated by dark brown grains. Trees grow to a height of approximately 60' with trunk diameters up to 3'. The wood is popular in woodturning and is commonly used mixed with lighter woods such as white oak. It is often used for high-end and custom musical instruments and fine furniture and cabinetry. White Oak trees grown to heights of 100' with trunk diameters up to 4' and branches that spread from 50' to 80' making for great shade trees. Although more prominent in the Eastern United States, White Oak trees can be found in man regional areas of North America growing in coastal areas to high mountain slopes and fro dry areas to wet. The timber is highly valued for its density and toughness, as well as, its resistance to disease. It is commonly used for making furniture, cabinets, flooring and more... *CHESS PIECES NOT INCLUDED (read more...) |
Price: $245.00 | |