Early medieval chess board, 1.75" squares

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Made from quarter-sawn oak, with squares differentiated by hatching; border is of oak with un-mitred corners. The border is secured by rosehead nails; and the board has been treated with linseed oil. This board, with 1.75” squares, is ideally suited to our fifteenth century chess set, or could be used with any chess set with pieces of maximum diameter of c. 1.5”.

The design is based on archaeological examples of early medieval game boards. You can read more about chess in the early medieval period here and about the development of Early Historic chess sets here.

 All our oak boards are made from quarter-sawn oak, each with their own distinctive figuring; so board supplied may differ slightly from that shown in the picture.

Historic Period or Date:

• c.9th to c.15th century in Europe

Materials and Special Features:

• Quarter-sawn oak
• Constructed with early medieval woodworking techniques; using un-mitred corners
• Border secured with feature rosehead nails

Dimensions:

• Board inc. border 16.75" x 16.75"
• Squares: 1.75"
• See our other listing for our early medieval chess board with 1.5"squares