Chessmen (32) and board with case
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Chessmen: porcelain; board: leather, parchment; case: leather, brass
Dimensions
Height (each king): 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Height (each pawn): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Overall (board): 12 3/8 × 12 1/8 in. (31.4 × 30.8 cm); Overall (original box): 1 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (4.4 × 31.8 × 26.4 cm)
Classification
Chess Sets
Culture
German, Meissen
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953
Accession Number
53.71.27a–p, aa–pp, q, r