Chessmen (32) and box

Medium

Ivory, ebony

Dimensions

Height (queen): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Height (king): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Height (bishop): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Height (white knight): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Height (black knight): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Height (rook): 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Overall (box): 4 1/4 × 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (10.8 × 30.2 × 19.7 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

French, Dieppe

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.23a–p, aa–pp, r

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