Origine Chess Set the Mammouth Ivory Edition

DESCRIPTION

Origine — Mammoth Ivory Edition

Limited to five individually numbered sets, Origine reflects Les Échiquiers du Roi’s exploration of remarkable materials and skilled craftsmanship. Understated, slender lines give the mammoth-ivory inlays their presence.

Preserved for millennia, the ivory is stabilised in Denmark, selected and cut in Thiers, then carefully shaped near Paris by J. F. Bosse, an artisan specialising in small decorative objects and turning. An ancient material transformed into an object designed to last for generations.

ORIGINE PASSPORT

Edition 01 / 05 — Acquired
02 / 05 — Acquired
03 / 05 — Acquired
04–05 — Available

Material Stabilised woolly mammoth ivory
Species Mammuthus primigenius
Estimated age 10.000–50.000 years
The mammoth tusk comes from permafrost, the North Sea seabed and gravel deposits in eastern Europe.
Stabilised in Denmark
Selected and cut in Thiers, France
Shaped by J. F. Bosse, near Paris
Raffir certificate of authenticity

SPECIFICATIONS

CHESS PIECES : Ebony and boxwood with mammoth-ivory inlays
King dimensions: 95 mm high, 42 mm base
Total weight of the pieces : 1.2 kg
Weighting : Double weighted and base Felted
INCLUDED : 34 pieces, including two extra queens
Chessboard: Tulipwood and maple
Board dimensions: 45 × 45 × 5 cm
Square size: 45 mm
Border width : 45 mm
Certificate: Certificate of origin and edition number included
Presentation : Supplied in a leather-effect presentation case made in Poland
Delivery : Delivered exclusively on a pallet for protection

ORIGINE EDITION

Origine forms part of the brand’s ongoing exploration of materials and exceptional craftsmanship. Produced in an extremely limited series, this collection embodies our most radical vision of durability: creating an object today from a material that is thousands of years old, itself designed to endure for generations.

Born from an exacting study of material and permanence, its pieces are distinguished by mammoth ivory inlays, highlighted through restrained, sculptural and deliberately refined forms that give the material its full presence.

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Preserved by Time

Preserved for millennia in the Alaskan permafrost, fragments of mammoth ivory are gradually revealed by river erosion and the excavation of the frozen ground.

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