Handmade Moroccan Mother of Pearl Backgammon and chess board

Moroccan designed Backgammon and chess board made of high quality beech wood with mother of pearl inlaid all over the piece. The Moroccan Backgammon is glazed with very high quality paints to have the dark wood tone color.

It would be a perfect gift in case you would like to make a very special one to the loved ones who have admiration to either chess or backgammon.

Backgammon and chess are very old games which have been played for centuries and are well known for being a mind games that can be considered as some type of sports.

The backgammon includes the pieces needed to play but it doesn’t include the chess pieces.

We pay special attention to the finishing and quality that is why our Moroccan Backgammon or Moroccan chess board can also be placed within any room as type of decoration.

Our BlogPosts

If you would like to know more about the origin of our items and the rich and stimulating history of the region. You can check our blogposts in which we talk about every piece in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, we also try to explain their artistic nature, the materials used and we focus more on their historical background:

• Museum of Islamic Art Part I: In this blog we explain how to get to the Museum and we talk about Ibrahim Pasha the son of Muhammed Ali the founder of Modern Egypt. we talk also about few items in the museum; Mamluk Era Key to Kaaba, Some Modern Instruments from that period, Mamluk prince Safy al-Din Shaykhu Mishka.


• Museum of Islamic Art Part II: In this blog we try to explain the importance of river Nile and how it took part in shaping the Egyptian personality, we also talk about some pieces in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo; Iran Qajar dynasty Ewer and Basin, Samarra Iraq Slab Painting 9th Century AD, some Rare Ummayad House Supplies, A Heart Moving Painting from the Abbasid Era, and a Roaster Shaped Ewer from the Ummayad Era


• Museum of Islamic Art Part III: In this blog we explain the origin of the Moroccan Decoration and Architecture and how it was influenced by different cultures worldwide, we also talk about how Islam reached China, and the rise of Ibn Tulun and how it was a beginning of a new Era in Egypt and the region


• Tahrir Square: In this blog we talk about the history of Tahrir Square and how it got its name, and we talk about the history of every building in the square; Mogamaa el Tahrir, Nile Ritz Carlton Hotel, Umar Makram Statue, American University in Cairo, Umar Makram Mosque Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Building, The League of Arab State Building, The Famous Egyptian Museum, Ramesses II Obelisk and Karnak Temple Sphinx