Chessmen (32)
Object type: Chessmen
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German
Artist: Max Nicholas Niemeier
Artist bio: German, 1876–after 1930
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1917
Medium: Pear wood
Dimensions: Height (each king): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm);
Height (each bishop): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Chess Sets
Credit line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Accession year: 1948
Tags: Chess