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Chessboard with two putti holding palm branches and an empty chess box; left and right: Tendrils with two sets of chess pieces
Engraving
1616
Detail from
#Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
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Lucas Kilian
Chessboard with two putti holding palm branches and an empty chess box; left and right: Tendrils with two sets of chess pieces
Engraving
1616
Detail from #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#ChessSet #SelenusChessmen #ChessInVisualArts #LucasKilian
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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Set of chess pieces on tendrils
Engraving
1616
Detail from: #Selenus1616 (👇 ALT)
#Chessmen #ChessPiece #SelenusChessmen #VisualArts #engraving #LucasKilian
Cf. the discussion in: https://t.co/z8oqi7qw18
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babel56@twitter.com:#ChessmenAndChessSetsA silver-inlaid, tortoiseshell-veneered, carved ivory and ebonised chess set
Augsburg
Ca. 1705-1709
Private collection
Price realised in 2018 at
@ChristiesInc : £416,750
#ChessSet #18thCentury #Augsburg #Germany📷 & ➡️
christies.com/en/lot/lot-615… 
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A silver-inlaid, tortoiseshell-veneered, carved ivory and ebonised chess set
Augsburg
Ca. 1705-1709
Private collection
Price realised in 2018 at @ChristiesInc : £416,750
#ChessSet #18thCentury #Augsburg #Germany
📷 & ➡️ https://t.co/6zmHt6dyHJ”
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babel56@twitter.com:#ChessmenAndChessSetsChess piece: Bishop
Cologne; England
Ivory
H. 5.2 cm; W. 3.9 cm; D. 2.3 cm
11th-12th century (?)
Musée de Cluny, Paris
#chessmen #ChessPiece #bishop #MiddleAges 📷
@museecluny 
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Chess piece: Bishop
Cologne; England
Ivory
H. 5.2 cm; W. 3.9 cm; D. 2.3 cm
11th-12th century (?)
Musée de Cluny, Paris
#chessmen #ChessPiece #bishop #MiddleAges
📷 @museecluny”
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#ChessLiterature
Books and exhibition & auction catalogues on #chessmen and #ChessSet|s.
A nice annotated bibliography by the German #ChessCollector #HolgerLanger with numerous illustrations:
➡️ https://t.co/NzVYBQGV0k
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babel56@twitter.com:#ChessmenAndChessSetsJosef Hartwig (1880-1956)
Chess pieces: blue king and orange queen
Wood, paint and felt
6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (
#king)
5.9 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm (
#queen)
1923
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
#ChessPiece #JosefHartwig#Bauhaus #BauhausChessSet📷
@harvartmuseums 
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Josef Hartwig (1880-1956)
Chess pieces: blue king and orange queen
Wood, paint and felt
6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (#king)
5.9 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm (#queen)
1923
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
#ChessPiece #JosefHartwig
#Bauhaus #BauhausChessSet
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babel56@twitter.com:#ChessmenAndChessSetsNational Archaeological Museum Naples (
@MANNapoli)
Chess set
3D printing
2022
Official presentation: Dec. 21st, 2022
A somewhat strange idea with regard to the origins of chess 🤔
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National Archaeological Museum Naples (@MANNapoli)
Chess set
3D printing
2022
Official presentation: Dec. 21st, 2022
A somewhat strange idea with regard to the origins of chess 🤔
#chessmen #ChessSet #MANN #3Dprinting #ClassicalAntiquity #sculpture”
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babel56@twitter.com:#ChessmenAndChessSetsJosef Hartwig (1880-1956)
Chess set, Model I
Wood, felt
1922
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Mass., USA
#chessmen #ChessSet #JosefHartwig#Bauhaus #BauhausChessSet📷 WikimediaCommons /
@harvartmuseums 
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Josef Hartwig (1880-1956)
Chess set, Model I
Wood, felt
1922
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Mass., USA
#chessmen #ChessSet #JosefHartwig
#Bauhaus #BauhausChessSet
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