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Ivory & Bone c. 700 AD – 1900 Afrasiab Chessmen c. 700 AD Charlemagne Chessmen c. 1080–1120 Charlemagne Knight c. 1080–1120 Charlemagne Queen c. 1080–1120 Charlemagne Pawn c. 1080–1120 Lewis Chessmen — Warder c. 1150–1200 Lewis Chessmen — Berserker c. 1150–1200 Lewis Chessmen — Group c. 1150–1200 Lewis Chessmen — Museum c. 1150–1200 Walrus Ivory King Medieval Walrus Ivory Knight Medieval Afrasiab · Charlemagne · Lewis · Vizagapatam · Northern Upright The oldest surviving chess pieces.
From abstract 7th-century Samarkand to the expressive Lewis Chessmen of Norse origin, through ornate Indian export sets and Chinese puzzle balls. Ivory was the material of courts and conquerors.
Ivory Knight c. 1510 Vizagapatam Export Chess c. 1750–1850 Indian Chessmen c. 1750–1850 Indian Ivory Detail c. 1750–1850 Met Chess Set c. 1800 Ager Chessmen c. 1050–1100 Chinese Puzzle Ball 19th Century Northern Upright 19th Century Northern Upright Slender 19th Century Puzzle Ball — George II c. 1740s Wood 1616 – 2000 Selenus Pattern 1616 Selenus Detail 1616 Régence Pattern c. 1715–1850 Barleycorn Pattern c. 1800–1849 Staunton Chess Set 1849 Original Jaques Staunton 1849 Staunton Opening 1849 Man Ray Chess Set 1920–1926 Bauhaus Chess Set 1924 Bauhaus — Walker Gallery 1924 Hartwig Detail 1924 Hartwig Pieces 1924 Hartwig Complete 1924 Max Ernst 1944 Selenus · Staunton · Man Ray · Hartwig · Ernst · Calvert · St.
George The material of standardisation. From Selenus’s 1616 treatise through the Régence, St. George, and Barleycorn patterns to Nathaniel Cook’s 1849 Staunton, which became the universal standard. Then the modernists: Man Ray, Hartwig at the Bauhaus, Max Ernst.
Max Ernst Pieces 1944 Régence Match c. 1715–1850 Jaques Staunton Original 1849 Tournament Set Wood Met Chess Board Wood Calvert Chess 19th Century Calvert Chessmen 19th Century Calvert Board 19th Century Calvert Pattern 19th Century St. George Chessmen 19th Century St. George Detail 19th Century St. George Men 19th Century St. George Style 19th Century Ceramic & Porcelain 12th C – 1900s Persian Chess Set c. 12th Century Persian Rook c. 12th Century Persian Bishop c. 12th Century Persian King c. 12th Century Persian Knight c.
12th Century Sasanian · Persian · Meissen · Kändler · Esser · Wedgwood From ancient Persian and Sasanian abstract forms, among the earliest known chess pieces, to Meissen under Kändler and Esser, and Wedgwood’s neoclassical jasperware. Clay was chess’s first medium; porcelain became its most precious.
Sasanian Agate Ancient Sasanian Ceramic Ancient Meissen Seetiere 1717–1930s Meissen Kändler 18th Century Wedgwood c. 1780s Metal 1920 – present Man Ray — MoMA 1920–1926 Alexander Calder c. 1944 Bobby Fischer 1972 Bobby Fischer 1960 Fischer vs Spassky — G5 1972 Fischer vs Spassky — G13 1972 Fischer — Amsterdam Metal Bobby Fischer 1972 Gehry / Tiffany 2012 Gehry / Tiffany Detail 2012 Gehry / Tiffany Forms 2012 Man Ray · Calder · Fischer · Gehry · Hadid · Skyline Chess The century of artists and architects.
Man Ray’s geometric brass, Calder’s wire sculptures, Fischer’s legendary 1972 match against Spassky. Then Gehry for Tiffany, Zaha Hadid’s parametric towers, Skyline Chess’s city skylines cast in metal.
Gehry / Tiffany Pieces 2012 Zaha Hadid 2014 Zaha Hadid — Silver 2014 Zaha Hadid — Red 2014 Skyline Chess — NYC 2016–present Skyline Chess — Premium 2016–present Tournament Staunton 1972 Calder Detail c. 1944 Fischer–Spassky Set 1972 Fischer–Spassky Detail 1972 Fischer–Spassky Pieces 1972 Crystal & Glass 1944 – 2014 Isamu Noguchi 1944 Noguchi Chess Set 1944 Noguchi Table 1944 Noguchi Pieces 1944 Noguchi Set 1944 Swarovski Crystal 1984–2007 Swarovski Detail 1984–2007 Murano Glass 1960s–present Murano Detail 1960s–present Noguchi · Swarovski · Murano · Nendo / Baccarat Transparency as concept.
Noguchi’s Lucite pieces for “The Imagery of Chess” exhibition, Swarovski’s precision-cut crystal, Murano’s hand-blown tradition, and Nendo’s radical reimagining of Baccarat’s Harcourt glass.
Murano Pieces 1960s–present Nendo / Baccarat 2014 Nendo / Baccarat Detail 2014 Nendo / Baccarat Pieces 2014 Nendo Sketch 2014 Mixed & Conceptual 1943 – present Dalí — Fingers Chess 1964–1968 Dalí — Board 1964–1968 Dalí — Pieces 1964–1968 Dalí — Detail 1964–1968 Marcel Duchamp 1943 Duchamp Playing 1943 Duchamp Pocket Chess 1943 Yoko Ono — Play It By Trust 1966 Yoko Ono — Detail 1966 LEGO Chess Set 2012–present Yoom Chess Set Mixed & Conceptual Yoom Chess Mixed & Conceptual Yoom Pieces Mixed & Conceptual Yoom Board Mixed & Conceptual Yoom Overview Mixed & Conceptual Yoom Close-up Mixed & Conceptual Peter Ganine c. 1947 Michael Graves 2000 Graves Detail 2000 Graves Pieces 2000 Graves Overview 2000 Graves Board 2000 Duchamp · Dalí · Ono · Hirst · Whiteread · Kruger · Emin · Kusama Chess as art object.
Duchamp quit art for chess. Dalí cast surreal fingers. Yoko Ono made both sides white. The RS&A “Art of Chess” commissions brought in Hirst, Whiteread, Kruger, and Emin. Plus Graves, Rashid, Hermès, Kusama, LEGO.
Graves Complete 2000 Hermès 2014 Hermès Detail 2014 Hermès Pieces 2014 Kusama Pumpkin Chess Mixed & Conceptual Kusama Chess Mixed & Conceptual Kusama Detail Mixed & Conceptual Kusama Pieces Mixed & Conceptual LEGO Detail 2012–present LEGO Pieces 2012–present LEGO Kingdoms 2012–present LEGO Pirates 2012–present Karim Rashid 2004 Rashid Detail 2004 Rachel Whiteread 2003 Whiteread Detail 2003 Whiteread Pieces 2003 Damien Hirst 2003 Hirst Detail 2003 Barbara Kruger 2003 Kruger Detail 2003 Tracey Emin 2003