Chess set

Medium

Ivory, wood

Dimensions

Height (each king): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Overall (board): 2 × 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (5.1 × 38.7 × 38.7 cm); Overal (box): 4 5/8 × 17 × 17 in. (11.7 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

German, Erbach, Hesse-Darmstadt

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.141a–p, aa–pp, q, r

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