THIS SET HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR OVER
60 (SIXTY) YEARS!
PART OF A STORE CLOSING YEARS AGO AND JUST
RECENTLY WAS CHECKED OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS IN STORAGE!
I HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE SETS FOR SALE AND
SOME 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.
A New 15" X 15" Chessboard is included. (not original ARNI)
TWO PAIRS OF WHITE STRETCHABLE GLOVES ARE INCLUDED SO THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THE PRISTINE APPEARANCE OF THIS VINTAGE UNIQUE CHESS SET.
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