chest
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: presentation date
content: 1972-05
name: label: maker
content: Cybis Porcelain Art Studio
notes: label: Description
content: 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
topic: label: Subject
content: Games
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cybis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.78.64C
label: catalog number
content: 78.64C
label: accession number
content: 1978.0805
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chest
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall approximate: 15 in x 29 3/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 75.565 cm x 47.625 cm