Chess set and board with box

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The pieces of the two sides are similar. The kings and queens wear the divided Austrian crown; the bishops are soldiers wearing the regulation hat for the Austrian infantry introduced in 1767; the pawns wear the tricorne hat, which continued to be worn by the Austrian artillery after 1767. The kings and queens may be portraits of Maria Theresa and Josef II of Austria. The bases bear the Vienna hallmark for 1767 and the mark of the silversmith, I C B. A board of silver and silver-gilt squares set in a wooden frame on four legs is en suite with this set.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art