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Box for Board Games
English: Board games, such as chess, checkers, and backgammon, were increasingly popular in Europe during the later Middle Ages, after it had been brought back by crusading knights from the Near East. Portable chess boxes with scenes of hunting, dancing, and courtship were mass-produced in inexpensive materials to contain the game pieces. The playing board is set into the box's underside.
Walters Art Museum | |||
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Native name | Walters Art Museum | ||
Location | |||
Coordinates | 39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W | ||
Established | 1934 | ||
Website | thewalters.org | ||
Authority file |
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- Leon Gruel, Paris
- 1925: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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