EditorialWoman in black wool coat trimmed with tiger fur, and woman in chessboard-pattern afternoon dress. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1925.
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialZagreb, Croatia, Republika Hrvatska, Europe. Mimara Museum (Muzej Mimara). Chessboard made in Venice in the sixteenth century, pieces of the ninth century.
EditorialGame Box, 14th century, Italian, Bone, wood, stain over wood core with paper and textile lining, metal mounts, Overall: 2 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in. (6.9 x 19.6 x 16.1 cm), Ivories-Bone, Bone and wood inlays embellish exterior of this wood box. The t...
EditorialTraffic sign made of walnut, inlaid and covered with olive wood, ebony, palm wood and bone, the outside has a chess board, palm wood and bone. The square box-shaped game can be folded open on two copper hinges and can be closed by means of a copper hoo...
EditorialPedestal for a tea bowl, previous owner: Hayashi Tadamasa, Paris, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, lacquered, black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlays on wood, Total: Height: 8,4 cm; Diameter: 10,4 cm, Brand: Inside at the base: leaf fan, , lacquer work, geom...
EditorialDas Schachspiel, Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 17041767, after Andreas Nilson, active 1724, undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 12 11/16 ? 16 1/4 inches (32.2 ? 41.2 cm) and Image: 11 3/16 x 16 inche...
EditorialRound bronze mantelpocket with a double spring construction. A checkerboard pattern in red, white and blue enamel is arranged on the top side. The spring has been lost. Portion of spiral and whole needle holder preserved as Exner o.c. Large number of p...
EditorialChessboard with inlay made of ivory, brass and mother-of-pearl Schachbrett with engravings of layers of elves, brass and pearls after the Zeichnungen of HS Beham, Aldegrever, G. Penz and V. Solis (title on object), work of applied art, board games (req...
EditorialIrina Krush at a chessboard in Asser Levy Park, in New York, where she played the game as a child, on May 14, 2020. (Sasha Maslov/The New York Times)
EditorialGames board with pieces, chess board with 64 faces. The plate has a raised edge and a support ring. The dark areas are engraved, on the other side are engraved lines for the mill game. 15 checkers are kept with the board. Eight stones are decorated wit...
EditorialChessboard with inlay of ivory, brass and mother-of-pearl Schachbrett with engravings Einlagen von Elfenbein, Messing und Perlmutter nach Zeichnungen von HS Beham, Aldegrever, G. Penz and V. Soli (title on object), work of applied art, board games (req...
EditorialTraffic sign made of walnut, inlaid and covered with olive wood, ebony, palm wood and bone, the outside has a chess board, palm wood and bone. The square box-shaped game can be folded open on two copper hinges and can be closed by means of a copper hoo...
EditorialChessboard with inlay made of ivory, brass and mother-of-pearl Schachbrett with engravings of layers of elves, brass and pearls after the Zeichnungen of HS Beham, Aldegrever, G. Penz and V. Solis (title on object), work of applied art, board games (req...
EditorialFragment oriental textile, Fragment oriental textile of gold on blue linen. The pattern has a chessboard motif of golden blocks in between small golden blocks in the blue fields, Indie, c. 1800 - c. 1850, silk, cotton (textile), h 18.5 cm ? w 17.5 cm.
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialPhotograph - 'Chessboard at Walker's Ridge', Gallipoli, Turkey, Private John Lord, World War I, 1915, Black and white photographic print. Attached to a small notebook used as a photograph album, containing 55 black and white photographs of ANZAC soldie...
EditorialTheresa, from the poem 'Mazeppa'. Portrait of a young woman looking at a chessboard. [Finden's Byron Beauties.] Le Byron des dames; or, Portraits of the principal female characters in Lord Byron's poems. London : Charles Tilt, 1836. Source: 11661.t.20....
EditorialGame Box, 14th century, Italian, Bone, wood, stain over wood core with paper and textile lining, metal mounts, Overall: 2 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in. (6.9 x 19.6 x 16.1 cm), Ivories-Bone, Bone and wood inlays embellish exterior of this wood box. The t...
EditorialTraffic Sign, made from walnut, inlaid and covered with olive wood, ebony wood, boxwood, and bone. The square box-shaped can be folded open to two copper hinges and can be closed by means of a brass hook; The exterior has a chessboard and a mill game, ...
EditorialWoman in black wool coat trimmed with tiger fur, and woman in chessboard-pattern afternoon dress. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1925.
EditorialFancy dress costume for the game of chess, with dress of chessboard pattern, crown, bodice decorated with chess pieces. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from "L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault ...