Award Winning Chess Set
The
above chess table and chairs are the pride and joy of our company's president,
Dennis Zongker. This table took "Honorable Mention" in a national furniture
design contest.
We proudly display this unique chess table in our
showroom.....stop by and see it for yourself.
Designed and fabricated by Dennis, for his own use.
This table, chess pieces and chairs took over 1,200 hours to design and
fabricate. Hand-crafted with selected Hard Maple and American Black Walnut
hardwoods. No veneer was used in this table. The table carries the chess
playing theme throughout the table.
Table Top........Over 1,000 individual
pieces of hardwood are hand cut and inlaid into the playing field. This is
known as marquetry and is one of the worlds oldest forms of art. The top has
18 layers of hand polished polyurethane, giving the table a glass-like
polish. Hidden within the triple bull nose edging are four drawers for
storage of the chess pieces when not in use. Even the drawers have the
Knights inlaid into the drawer headers.
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| The table base has the King
upside down. Scaled 9 times larger then the chess set King. The King
is in the center because he is the most important piece in the game. |
The top
has parquetry around the outer border showing the castle move, were
the Rooks protect the King.
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Their are four hidden
drawers in the tops edge. On the top of the drawers the Knights were
cut into marquetry in the
opposite wood. |
Table Base.......Look
closely and you shall see the center spindle of the table base is
the King, upside down. Each leg is constructed of solid hardwood,
twisting downwards to receive the Knights for the feet. Hidden
inside the Knight feet are large adjustable leveling glides for all
those uneven floors. |
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| Chess Pieces.....Each
chess piece was individually designed to have it's own personality.
Constructed of a mixture of both Maple and Walnut, they have the
appearance they're made of a fine quality chocolate. |
Chairs......The
chairs were another challenge in themselves. Without any 90 degree
right angles and the twisting backs, they definitely were a
challenge. The crown of each chair has the Queen's crown on center
and the Bishops on each back post. A contemporary concept of the
Queen's body was designed into the chair backs, wrapped with genuine
brown leather. |
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