Chessmen (32) and box

Medium

Olive wood, leather, glass

Dimensions

Height (each queen): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (each king): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each bishop): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (each knight): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Height (each rook): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Overall (original box): 1 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (4.4 × 31.8 × 26 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

48.174.16a–p, aa–pp, r

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