chess set
name: label: user
content: Charles, Ray
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chess set used by Ray Charles. Stained wood game board with raised squares. Chess pieces are wood, one side is light-colored wood and the other is made from a brown-stained wood with metal brads on the tops of the game pieces. Game pieces vary in size from 1-1/2" to 3-1/4" high. Game pieces are stored in blue vinyl bag from United Airlines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ray Charles Enterprises
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0215.07
label: accession number
content: 2005.0215
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0215.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chess set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 12 in x 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: bag: 1 7/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 22.225 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: board: 1 1/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 30.1625 cm x 29.845 cm
label: Measurements
content: chess piece (max): 3 5/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 9.2075 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: chess piece (min): 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm