Title: Chessmen (30) and box
Object type: Chessmen and box
Date: ca. 1863–65
Artist: Carved by Byron W. Stanton 
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Overall (original box): 3 15/16 × 3 1/2 in. (10 × 8.9 cm);
Height (each queen): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm);
Height (each king): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm);
Height (each bishop): 2 in. (5.1 cm);
Height (each knight): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm);
Height (each rook): 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm);
Height (each pawn): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Classification: Chess Sets
Credit line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Chess, term: Games