North European Painted Wooden Set ,18th century

A NORTH EUROPEAN PAINTED CARVED FRUITWOOD BUST CHESS SET
PROBABLY FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Depicting the Europeans versus the Africans, the pawns with feather caps, re-freshed paintwork
The king -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high.

Provenance:
Jean Maunoury Collection, Paris, France
David Hafler Collection, Philidelphia, USA
Purchased by present owner from South Bay Auctions, New York, 28 May 1990, lot 82.
Literature
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 118, page 153
Wilfried Seipel, Spielwelten der Kunst - Kuntskammerspiele, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Exhibition Catalogue, Wein, 1998, page 176, fig. 89.
Anthony Saidy and Norman Lessing, The World of Chess, Random House, New York, 1974, page 102, illustrated.

The origin of this set is discussed in the exhibition catalogue Schach Partie and related to the French colonial iconography of the second half of the 18th Century onwards. Many examples were carved in Dieppe incorporating North African figures and the bishop as the fou from this period and throughout the 19th Century to illustrate the two sides.

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	North European Painted Wooden Set ,18th century



Jon's main chess page		A NORTH EUROPEAN PAINTED CARVED FRUITWOOD BUST CHESS SET PROBABLY FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY Depicting the Europeans versus the Africans, the pawns with feather caps, re-freshed paintwork The king -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high. Provenance: Jean Maunoury Collection, Paris, France David Hafler Collection, Philidelphia, USA Purchased by present owner from South Bay Auctions, New York, 28 May 1990, lot 82. Literature Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 118, page 153 Wilfried Seipel, Spielwelten der Kunst - Kuntskammerspiele, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Exhibition Catalogue, Wein, 1998, page 176, fig. 89. Anthony Saidy and Norman Lessing, The World of Chess, Random House, New York, 1974, page 102, illustrated. The origin of this set is discussed in the exhibition catalogue Schach Partie and related to the French colonial iconography of the second half of the 18th Century onwards. Many examples were carved in Dieppe incorporating North African figures and the bishop as the fou from this period and throughout the 19th Century to illustrate the two sides. Click here for my Picasa album with photos of this set	HOME