Chessmen (32) and board

Medium

Silver, silver gilt

Dimensions

Height (queen): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Height (king): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Height (bishop): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Height (knight): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Height (rook): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (pawn): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Overall (board): 3 1/16 × 14 7/16 × 14 1/8 in. (7.8 × 36.7 × 35.9 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

German

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.2a–p, aa–pp, q

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