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Purling London Ltd.
Purling London Ltd. was set up by Simon Purkis in 2012 after graduating from University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Purling London is a business which specialises in the design, production and marketing of chess sets and retails four models: 'Art Chess', 'Bold Chess', 'Dark Chess' and 'Couture Chess'. The products have been publicised in a variety of magazines including The Financial Times 'How To Spend It' guide , The Robb Report , and Luxury Insider magazine.

Chess Models
Art Chess combines hand carved Staunton chess pieces with hand painted artwork by contemporary artists. Lusso Magazine  and PROUDmag  have featured Purling London's Art Chess sets by Richard Morrissey and Darren MacPherson.

Dark Chess consists of a white illuminated board encased by a white wooden frame with uniform coloured Staunton chess pieces, and the purling logo located in a corner square. Both Spears magazine and Wharf magazine  have published articles on Dark Chess boards.

Bold Chess combines the Staunton chess pieces with a lacquer finish with a maple wood board. This model has been included in City Jet's inflight magazine, 'Velocity’ in May 2014.

Couture chess, by T.Raymonzrek, is a one off artistic work in collaboration with Debut Contemporary and displays a ‘prohibition of chemical warfare’ message. Bystander images of this Couture chess set were shown in Tatler Magazine, as well as an appearance in the art section of Wall Street International.