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THIS SET HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR OVER60 (SIXTY) YEARS!PART OF A STORE CLOSING YEARS AGO AND JUSTRECENTLY WAS CHECKED OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS IN STORAGE!I HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE SETS FOR SALE ANDSOME STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL ANRI PAPER WRAPPINGS!
NEW IN BOX (NIB) 1958 NEW UNUSED Vintage Anri Toriart "Charlemagne" Hand-Painted, Hand-crafted, Sculptite on wooden base, Figural Chess Set. Major pieces stand ~3.5 inches tall; Pawns stand ~2.5 inches tall; all are on a ~1inch wooden base with a blue felt bottom.
This is a beautifully hand-crafted Anri Toriart "Charlemagne" Chess Set, Hand Painted and housed in a finely crafted original storage case with compartmented slots to secure each chess piece. All 32 pieces are in new, unused condition.
The chess pieces are produced by Anri Toriart in Italy. The company Anri has been a respectable high-quality producer of wooden products since 1912. The chess pieces are a cast composite material invented by Anri called “Sculptite". The castings are mounted atop weighted and felted turned Alpine Maple bases.
This beautiful set represent the famous Charlemagne, with other figures from that period. Charlemagne lived from ca. 747 to 844 and was one of the greatest and most popular rulers that Western Europe has ever known.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS THE PIECES WRAPPED IN ORIGINAL ANRI PAPER AND
REPRESENTS WHAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT.
ALSO TWO EXTRA QUEENS ARE INCLUDED, AS SHOWN.
These chess pieces will make a fine addition to any collection.THE CHESSBOARD SHOWN IS FOR DISPLAY AND NOT PART OF THIS LISTING.
TWO PAIRS OF WHITE STRETCHABLE GLOVES ARE INCLUDED SO THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THE PRISTINE APPEARANCE OF THIS VINTAGE UNIQUE CHESS AMAZING FACTS:
-COLORS SELDOM FADE DUE TO HIGH QUALITY OIL PAINTS USED.- WOOD USED IS SELECTED FOR QUALITY AND THEN SEASONED WITH AGE.- THERE ARE NOT MANY REPLACEMENTS PIECES AVAILABLE DUE TO WOODEN SEASONED SETS.- THERE ARE NOT MANY REPLACEMENTS PIECES AVAILABLE DUE TO ANRI DEVELOPED CAST WOOD COMPOSITE MATERIAL CALLED "SCULPTITE" USED FOR "TORIART" CHESS SETS.- ALTHOUGH MADE IN THE 1960"s, YOU CAN STILLOBTAIN NEW SETS OR PRE-OWNED INTACT SETS.- WHETHER THEY ARE MADE OF WOOD OR SCULPTITE, THEY SELDOM BREAK AFTER MANY YEARS!- THESE SETS WILL BE GREAT HAND-ME-DOWNS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY!
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