AFTER MICHAEL EDEL, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN TURNED IVORY CHESS SET
AFTER MICHAEL EDEL, MID 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens with pierced petal galleries, the bishops with pierced tulip-shaped stems, the knights with horses' heads, the rooks as turrets on lobed pedestal bases, one side stained, fitted in a mahogany ivory mounted box
The king -- 3. 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high; the box -- 12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Extensive research into the art of turning in relation to chessmen led Franz Josef Lang to discover designs by the Munich master turner, Michael Edel. He was active during the first third of the 19th century, and published his designs in 1839. In his theory concerning the construction of the pieces he wrote that an ivory chess set, if ivory, should consist of '266 pieces, the threads having equal calibre.' See Franz Josef Lang, Chess Sets by German Turners, Chess Collectors International, Vol. 2, November 1991, No. 3.

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