Chessmen (32) and box-board

Medium

Amber, leather, brass

Dimensions

Overall (board, confirmed): 1 3/4 × 15 3/16 × 15 1/16 in. (4.4 × 38.6 × 38.3 cm); Height (clear king, confirmed(: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm); Height (clear, pawn, confirmed): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Height (opaque king, confirmed): 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm); Height (opaque pawn, confirmed): 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); Overall (original box): 4 1/2 × 16 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (11.4 × 41.3 × 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

48.174.72a–p, aa–pp, q

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