House of Staunton

The House of Staunton (HOS) is an Alabama-based company founded by Frank Camaratta[1][2] (b. 1943) in 1990 that manufactures chess pieces, chessboards, and chess boxes.[3][4]

HOS Marshall chess set

Chess sets
HOS Brighton chess set

The HOS specializes in the manufacture of Staunton chess sets.[5] They offer a wide range of chess sets including older chess sets, which would have been used in the past centuries, including but not limited to: the English Barleycorn chess set, the St. George chess set, the French Regence chess set and the Selenus chess set.

Literature

Frank Camaratta is in the process of writing a book called “The Staunton Chessmen and Their Predecessors”.

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See also

References
  1. Frank Camaratta bio
  2. "Frank Camaratta Bio1". Archived from the original on 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. House of Staunton – homepage
  4. House of Staunton Review
  5. Chess Antiques Online - Staunton


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