Chess set and board with box

Medium

Silver, gold, leather

Dimensions

Height (each king): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Overall (board): 3 × 15 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (7.6 × 40.3 × 40.3 cm) Overall (original box): 4 1/4 × 17 × 17 in. (10.8 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.90a–p, aa–pp, q, r

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