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Object Name |
Chess |
Date |
1866 ca. |
Catalog Number |
55.31.1 A-AC |
Description |
Carved ivory chessmen. One set stained red. Twenty-nine pieces total. Set is incomplete; short one red pawn and two white pawns. |
Collection |
Colfax Collection |
Provenance |
Used by Vice President Schuyler Colfax and President Ulysses S. Grant. Donor was the niece of Schuyler Colfax. |
Credit line |
Gift of Mrs. Cora Witter Ordway |
People |
Colfax, Schuyler Grant, Ulysses S. |