House of Staunton

The House of Staunton (HOS) is an Alabama, United States 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 with pieces made of rosewood

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”.

See also

• British Chess Company
• Jaques of London