Chessmen (32) and box

Unknown maker

Medium: Olive wood; leather, glass
Dimensions: Height (each queen): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (each king): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (each bishop): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (each knight): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Height (each rook): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Overall (original box): 1 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (4.4 × 31.8 × 26 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: ca. 1885
Pixels: 4000 × 1344
SHA-256: 6de0bebe0faced05…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Chessmen (32) and box. ca. 1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.