Designed by Dave Pickett, this super stylish chess set was created using actual brass skeleton keys as pieces.
The top of each key differentiates it as the chess piece while each piece shares a common key bottom to fit into any slot on the keyhole studded chess board.
Created for a 3D design class, this maple and walnut chess board features one set of sandblasted brass skeleton keys and the other set of keys has a liver sulfur patina.
Stylish Board Games
Brass Skeleton Key Chess Set For the Fashionably Competitive
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