Draughtsmen (30) and box-board for checkers, backgammon and nine-men's morris

Unknown maker

Medium: Leather, gold (?)
Dimensions: Overall (each piece, irregular diameter, confirmed): 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (1 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm); Overall (board closed, confirmed): 3 3/4 × 14 5/8 × 14 5/8 in. (9.5 × 37.1 × 37.1 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: probably mid-19th century
Pixels: 1544 × 1100
SHA-256: 66581604e75fb1ac…
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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.

Draughtsmen (30) and box-board for checkers, backgammon and nine-men's morris. probably mid-19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.