king
notes: label: Description
content: This figure is part of an artist's proof or prototype set for a chess set made by Cybis and presented by President Nixon to the U.S.S.R.
label: Description
content: According to the Cybis Archive, the White House commissioned the set to be presented during the 1972 Moscow Summit between President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Brezhnev. The set was inspired in part by the 14th-century Nine Heroes Tapestry, based on a 1310 poem by Jacques de Longuyon. The set was designed by Harry Burger, Jr.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Trenton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.78.64Aa
label: accession number
content: 1978.0805
label: catalog number
content: 78.64Aa
objectType: label: Object Name
content: King
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, pink (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gilt (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm