Chess set
Object type: Chess set
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Erbach, Hesse-Darmstadt
Date: second half 19th century
Medium: Ivory, wood
Dimensions: Height (each king): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm);
Height (each pawn): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm);
Overall (board): 2 × 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (5.1 × 38.7 × 38.7 cm);
Overal (box): 4 5/8 × 17 × 17 in. (11.7 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)
Classification: Chess Sets
Credit line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Accession year: 1948
Tags: Chess|Games