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Selenus

Wood chessmen
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Mammoth ivory chessmen

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This is the most elegant classical chess style. The Selenus Style is known from the beginning of the 17-th century. The draft of this chess was first published in the book ''Chess or the King's game'' Gustavus Selenus/Augustus, Duke of Brunswisk, Luneburg/Leipzig, 1616.

King: 10.5 cm (4.1 inches), Pawn: 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) - weighted and felt lined;
Board: 37 cm (14.6 inches).

White chessmen: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, box-tree;

Black chessmen: stained wild pear-tree, stained mammoth tusk, stained box-tree.

Chessboard base: oak, stained oak;

Black squares: nut-tree, mahogany, fumed oak, stained mammoth tusk;

White squares: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, birch, oak, ash-tree

	Chessmen		Board			Price
	White	Black	Base	White squares	Black squares	Price
1	wild pear-tree	stained wild pear-tree	oak/ stained oak	wild pear-tree/ birch/ oak/ ash-tree	nut-tree/ mahogany/ fumed oak	e-mail us
2	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	oak/ stained oak	wild pear-tree/ birch/ oak/ ash-tree	nut-tree/ mahogany/ fumed oak	e-mail us
3	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	oak/ stained oak	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	e-mail us