Chessmen (32) and board

Medium

Silver, silver-gilt, sycamore and ebonized wood, brass

Dimensions

Height (silver king, confirmed): 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm); Height (gold king, confirmed:) 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Height (gold knight, confirmed): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Height (silver knight, confirmed): 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Overall (board, confirmed): 1 7/8 × 14 × 14 in. (4.8 × 35.6 × 35.6 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

48.174.47a–p, aa–pp, q

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