Chessmen (32)
Unknown Artist
early 19th century
Medium
Conifer wood, painted
Dimensions
Rook: each, H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.); Pawn: each, H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) (Only the tallest and shortest examples of chessmen measured for basic record.)
Classification
Chess Sets
Culture
Austrian (South Tyrol, Grödner Tal)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Accession Number
48.174.135a–p, aa–pp
Tags
Chess