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Bring Old World styling into your home as well as the benefits of classic games. You'll fall in love with the traditional and antique styling of these wood tables that include decorative inlaid chess, checkers and backgammon board surfaces. If you like chess then one of these tables is a must to ensure that you keep at the top of your game. Friends and family will have great fun and you’ll appreciate the fine finishes and highly-crafted structuring. We offer a range of styles but every one of them is guaranteed to delight.

Hope & Cedar Chest - Maple w Antique Brass
$409.00 (List: $613.50)

Cherry Wood Cedar Chest w Upholstered Bench Seat
$463.00 (List: $694.50)

5 stars

(2 Ratings)

Cherry Finish Hall Tree w Full Storage Bench
$279.36 (List: $419.04)

5 stars

(2 Ratings)

Kid's Wilmington Bedroom Storage Bench - Black
$154.43 (List: $205.90)

Cedar Chest in Antique Black
$509.00 (List: $763.50)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Storage Bench, Espresso Wood Finish
$159.42 (List: $228.21)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Bench - Heirloom Cherry Hall Tree with Storage
$444.00 (List: $666.00)

3.5 stars

(3 Ratings)

Wood Bench w Slat Design Back & 3 Drawers
$179.99 (List: $269.98)

Outdoor Storage Bench w Crested Back & Arms
$104.15 (List: $156.23)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Country French Hall Tree w Whitewashed Finish & Lift-Top Seat
$349.00 (List: $523.50)

4.5 stars

(2 Ratings)

Cedar Chest Storage Trunk
$639.00 (List: $958.50)

Antique Finished Cherry Wood Hope Chest, Cedar Lined Storage Trunk
$374.00 (List: $561.00)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Hall Tree w Storage Bench in Black Finish
$214.17 (List: $321.26)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Country Style Bench with Black Finish, 3 Drawers
$179.99 (List: $269.98)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Walnut Finish Short Back Storage Bench
$133.16 (List: $221.94)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Powell Louis Philippe Marquis Style Cedar Chest in Cherry Veneers
$509.00 (List: $763.50)

Wilmington Cherry Children's Storage Bench
$161.93 (List: $215.90)

Mahogany Storage Bench w Padded Leather Seat
$1,334.45 (List: $2,001.68)

Boston Storage Bench (Add Optional Cushion)
From $319.00 (List: $478.50)
Bastion Storage

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Bedroom Bench w Cubby Storage
$122.47 (List: $178.52)

Cedar Veneer Lined Hope Chest, Storage Trunk
$509.00 (List: $763.50)

Floral Upholstered Bench Seat Oak Cedar Hope Chest
$463.00 (List: $694.50)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Bun Footed Cedar Lined Hope Chest in Cherry
$509.00 (List: $763.50)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Antique Inspired Cherry Entryway Bench with Storage Bas & Arms
$601.00 (List: $901.50)

Sonoma Collection Bench w Storage in Black
$126.42 (List: $178.52)

Oak Hall Tree w Lift-Top Storage Bench
$279.36 (List: $419.04)

4.5 stars

(3 Ratings)

Black Cocktail Trunk in Antique Bronze Finish Hardware
$727.39 (List: $1,212.32)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Cedar Lined Storage Chest in Mission Oak Finish
$499.99 (List: $749.99)

Sonoma Coat Rack Shelf & Cubbie Bench Set in Black
$233.77 (List: $324.55)

Modern Bench Box w/ Pad on Casters
$599.00

Cedar Hope Chest in Heirloom Cherry
$409.00 (List: $613.50)

Outdoor Cedar Storage Bench - Garden
$149.00 (List: $229.23)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Bench - Mission Oak Storage Hall Tree
$566.00 (List: $849.00)

4.5 stars

(2 Ratings)

Bedroom Bench & Wall Shelf Set w Maple Stained Finish
$233.77 (List: $324.55)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Pine Shutter Design Blanket Chest in White
$179.12 (List: $298.53)

Settee with Hand-Carved Detail & Seat Storage
$299.99 (List: $449.98)

Kid's Storage Bench - Wilmington
$154.43 (List: $205.90)

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Chess has been called "the Olympics of the mind" and keeping a chess table handy is a great way to ensure that you take up every opportunity to sharpen up your logical reasoning skills. Chess is the oldest game of skill played in the world, but it is much more than that. Chess is also a fascinating history lesson in miniature and it tells us much about how people lived in earlier times. No-one know for sure where chess originated, it is so old, but it is well documented to have been played for centuries in the same basic form played today with variations in naming and design but little else, in the most ancient of times in China, India, and Persia.

The game therefore was already popular and well established when it came to Europe via Spain with the Moors in the tenth or eleventh century (The movie 'El Cid' was set in Spain at this time, 'cid' being a moorish word meaning 'chief' or 'lord') and once the Spanish got the chess playing bug the rest of Europe and the West wasn't far behind. The chess set we see today refelects European 'modernisations' on the basic imported theme and the knights and bishops, kings and queens and castles have a medieval flavor which is a European refinement to that original Middle Eastern import. The Europeans found the piece names hard to pronounce and they represented a social order and culture which was of course entirely different to that to be found in Europe.

Chess tells us a great deal about the social order of the people who originated it. Pawns represent the lowest members of society, serfs and laborers. The castle represents the fortified home. The knight represents the professional soldier of olden times who was important but also frequently sacrificed by his masters when the need arose!

The great authorities in medieval times were the church and the monarchy and these are represented by the central, most critical pieces in chess, the Bishops , kings and queens.

Products on this page:

Cedar Chest in Oak w Antique Style Brass Hinges
Cherry Wood Cedar Chest w Upholstered Bench Seat
Cherry Finish Hall Tree w Full Storage Bench
Kid's Wilmington Bedroom Storage Bench - Black
Cedar Chest in Antique Black
Storage Bench, Espresso Wood Finish
Bench - Heirloom Cherry Hall Tree with Storage
Wood Bench w Slat Design Back & 3 Drawers
Outdoor Storage Bench w Crested Back & Arms
Country French Hall Tree w Whitewashed Finish & Lift-Top Seat
Cedar Chest Storage Trunk
Antique Finished Cherry Wood Hope Chest, Cedar Lined Storage Trunk
Hall Tree w Storage Bench in Black Finish
Country Style Bench with Black Finish, 3 Drawers
Walnut Finish Short Back Storage Bench
Powell Louis Philippe Marquis Style Cedar Chest in Cherry Veneers
Wilmington Cherry Children's Storage Bench
Mahogany Storage Bench w Padded Leather Seat
Bedroom Bench w Cubby Storage
Cedar Veneer Lined Hope Chest, Storage Trunk
Floral Upholstered Bench Seat Oak Cedar Hope Chest
Bun Footed Cedar Lined Hope Chest in Cherry
Antique Inspired Cherry Entryway Bench with Storage Bas & Arms
Sonoma Collection Bench w Storage in Black
Oak Hall Tree w Lift-Top Storage Bench
Black Cocktail Trunk in Antique Bronze Finish Hardware
Cedar Lined Storage Chest in Mission Oak Finish
Sonoma Coat Rack Shelf & Cubbie Bench Set in Black
Modern Bench Box w/ Pad on Casters
Cedar Hope Chest in Heirloom Cherry
Outdoor Cedar Storage Bench - Garden
Bench - Mission Oak Storage Hall Tree
Bedroom Bench & Wall Shelf Set w Maple Stained Finish
Pine Shutter Design Blanket Chest in White
Settee with Hand-Carved Detail & Seat Storage
Kid's Storage Bench - Wilmington