Chessmen (32) and box-board

Medium

Fir

Dimensions

Height (brown queen): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Height (brown king): 4 in. (10.2 cm); Height (brown bishop): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Height (brown knight): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Height (brown rook): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Height (brown pawn): 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Height (white queen): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Height (white king): 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Height (white bishop): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Height (white knight): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (white rook): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Height (white pawn): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Overall (box-board): 3 × 14 × 14 in. (7.6 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Austrian, Tyrol

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.26a–p, aa–pp, q

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