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Black and white Purling London chess pieces used to advertise jewellery as featured in Tatler magazine

Tatler: Pandora Promotion with Purling London Chess Pieces

Tatler featured Purling London Chess pieces in its promotion of Pandora jewellery in the Queen’s 90th Birthday collector’s edition. To see and to purchase our Bold Chess Gloss White v...

April 15, 2016

By Simon Purkis

three people admiring a chess set by Daniela Raytchev at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Ladies’ Knight: A Female Perspective on Chess

Two of Purling London’s Art Chess by Daniela Raytchev and Crystal Fischetti are currently being exhibited at The World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis. “Ladies’ Knight” is a special...

November 13, 2015

By Nette Robinson

James Bond “Spectre” features vintage chess set

In October 2015, the much talked about James Bond film featuring Daniel Craig, ‘Spectre’ hit the UK cinemas and we discovered that it like several of the past 007 films,...

October 23, 2015

By Nette Robinson

Chess and Art: a brief history

Purling London Art Chess was inspired by long history of chess and art, and the relationship between them. Here is some more background on this relationship. Throughout its history, artists...

August 27, 2015

By Simon Purkis