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The shapes of the pieces, especially the urn-shaped bodies of the king and queen, are very typical of the second half of the eighteenth century. The shape of the horse heads continued into the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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Title: Chessmen, board, and box
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: French
Medium: Chessmen: bone; box: wood, ivory
Dimensions:
Height (each king): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm);
Height (each queen): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm);
Height (each bishop): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm);
Height (each knight): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm);
Height (each rook): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm);
Height (each pawn): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm);
Overall (box): 2 1/4 × 16 × 9 in. (5.7 × 40.6 × 22.9 cm);
Board not measured
Classification: Chess Sets
Credit Line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Object Number: 48.174.79a–p, aa–pp, q, r
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