Chessmen, board, and box
Unknown Artist
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium
Chessmen: bone; box: wood, ivory
Dimensions
Height (each king): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each queen): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each bishop): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each knight): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each rook): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each pawn): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Overall (box): 2 1/4 × 16 × 9 in. (5.7 × 40.6 × 22.9 cm); Board not measured
Classification
Chess Sets
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Accession Number
48.174.79a–p, aa–pp, q, r
Tags
Chess