Chess set

Medium

Gold and silver filigree

Dimensions

King: each, H. 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Pawn: each, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.); Only the tallest and shortest examples of chessmen measured for basic record.; Board: 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.); Box: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Maltese

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953

Accession Number

53.71.51a–p, aa–pp, q, r

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