One extraordinary piece of furniture, a multitude of options. Flipping with the gentlest of touches from occasional table to playing surface, our bespoke games tables can be customised with the games of your choice.
HOW THEY WORK
Handmade by British craftspeople, every aspect of our bespoke games tables can be customised. Exquisite pieces of furniture in their own right, the choice of wood, the games, the designs of the playing surfaces, even the playing pieces — there really is no limit, with every aspect personalisable.
ONE TABLE, COUNTLESS GAMES
From Backgammon, Mahjong and Checkers to classic Snakes and Ladders, Alexandra has created bespoke designs for every kind of board game, with the options limited only by your imagination.
Our bespoke games tables make the most wonderful, unexpected gifts. Be inspired by some of our recent client commissions below.
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AT THE BEACH
Designed for a client’s beach house in Cornwall, Alexandra hand painted the board with sailing boats, sea life, surfboards and other Cornish themes, alongside sharks to reference the client’s love of them. Crafted from limed oak to evoke carefree days beside the beach, other personalised details include embossed secret messages in leather and tiger’s eye playing pieces, shot through with bands of iron, chosen because they resemble water in the sand.
A BELOVED GARDEN
Having recently relocated to a new home with the most spectacular garden, a client wanted to create an anniversary present for her husband that celebrated this new chapter in their life. Incorporated into the bespoke design is a backgammon board, hand-painted by Alexandra, featuring some of the couple’s favourite flora and fauna, alongside the flowers of the Cantua buxifolia, better known as the magic tree – a nod to the client’s Peruvian roots.
A FAMILY CREST
Designed for a specific room in the client’s home, the golden bamboo leaves reflect one of the recurring motifs in the incredible collection of Asian art on display: the bamboo leaf. Entirely realised in wood marquetry, the table was further personalised with the owner’s family crest inlaid on the reverse of the table and engraved on every playing piece.
COFFEE & COCOA
A gift from a client to her husband, this circular backgammon table flips over to become an occasional table. The backgammon board is decorated with marquetry pheasant feathers and cocoa beans in rosewood and sycamore, and the reverse with cocoa pods, with a secret message inlaid in gold. The playing pieces are a very special addition. Inlaid with images of cocoa and coffee beans, designed to look like chocolates, each is engraved with a meaningful word.
SECRET COMPARTMENTS
Extraordinary, functional works of art, we partner with a master cabinet-maker to craft our bespoke games tables. Effortlessly folding and rotating between playing surfaces, hidden compartments for playing pieces are seamlessly incorporated into the designs.
A COLLABORATIVE ART
Each bespoke games table passes through the hands of nine different UK-based artisans on its journey to creation, including a master joiner, polisher, stone cutter, leather artist, marquetry artist or fine art printer.
GET IN TOUCH
Each table is a unique creation and available in the wood or woods of your choice, with prices starting at £42,000 inc. VAT and £35,000 exc. VAT. Please allow 4-6 months for delivery. Any questions? You can contact us in the following ways:
Please email us at info@alexandrallewellyn.com, call us on +44(0)207 183 1058, WhatsApp us, or use the enquiry form below:
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