Glass Mushroom Chess Set // Nocco Noccoo
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Chess table by Heinz Nösselt with figures by Josef Hartwig, 1924. Photo by Lucia Moholy.
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For a belated #InternationalChessDay:
Chess set made by Inuit artist Pacome Qulaut, 1960
slate & walrus tusk
Museum of Anthropology
In each colour there are: 1 large walrus figure w/diamonds around base of pedestal (white piece has inlaid black stone in a band around top of pedestal & at centre of each diamond around base); 1 smaller walrus with bands around base of pedestal; 2 bears; 2 deer; 2 igloos; and 8 birds. All of the figures are at the top of a pedestal base.
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GEM-ENCRUSTED MALACHITE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL CHESS SET By Konstantin Libman
Designed by Konstantin Libman and Ivanna Harchenko
Silversmith: Denis Vedernikov
The board comprised of intarsia squares of malachite and mother-of-pearl. The chess pieces carved of malachite and white agate, mounted with hand-fabricated 0.925 silver, weighing approximately 1,946 grams. The pieces are accented with emeralds, weighing approximately 14.23 carats, and peridots, weighing altogether 8.48 carats, as well as black and white cultured pearls. Raised on four silver feet designed in the form of pine cones. Chess board measures 12 x 12 x 1 1/4 in
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Enchanted Chess Set // Arborescente Art
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