Chessmen, board, and box

Unknown maker

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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: late 18th–early 19th century
Pixels: 1612 × 1912
SHA-256: e42d452786caa720…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Chessmen, board, and box. late 18th–early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.