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Source Description
This chess piece of a queen seated inside a castle is modeled on similar pieces made in the Arab world in the 8th and 9th centuries and brought to western Europe as gifts or articles of trade. The queen's headdress, a close-fitting hood with headband, is typical, though, of royal garments worn in 12th-century Spain. The piece is carved from a walrus tusk, used as a cheaper alternative to elephant ivory. This is the only medieval chesspiece of a queen in an American collection.
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Document identity
localId
6861
label
Chess Piece of a Queen
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
6861
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Chess Piece of a Queen
description
This chess piece of a queen seated inside a castle is modeled on similar pieces made in the Arab world in the 8th and 9th centuries and brought to western Europe as gifts or articles of trade. The queen's headdress, a close-fitting hood with headband, is typical, though, of royal garments worn in 12th-century Spain. The piece is carved from a walrus tusk, used as a cheaper alternative to elephant ivory. This is the only medieval chesspiece of a queen in an American collection.
provenance
Count Auguste de Bastard, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
chessmen
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.1
height
4.4
depth
6.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/4 x W: 1 3/4 x D: 2 11/16 in. (7.1 x 4.4 x 6.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Spanish
style
Romanesque
med
walrus ivory
creator_ids
6242
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
452
453
2829
2855
3310
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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