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A French Lyon pattern bone chess set, 18th c.

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A French Lyon pattern bone chess set, 18th c.
A French Lyon pattern bone chess set, 18th c.
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A FRENCH "LYON PATTERN" BONE CHESS SET, 18th century, one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with pierced central galleries and raised crowns, queens similar, but of smaller size, bishops with baluster knops and stained domed shape finials, knights as horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with baluster knops, the king 8.5cm high, the pawn 3.5cm high.

***Literature:"Chess East and West, Past and Present", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, plate 89: for a very similar set..

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A French Lyon pattern bone chess set, 18th c.

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