Model no 455, designed in the 1920s.
Natural patinated pewter, gilt pewter.
Stamped with manufacturer mark and dated 'I8' (=1935).
Later example available, ref. 2205082.
Chess board: h. 2 cm, w. 31 cm, d. 31 cm
Pieces: h. 2-7 cm
Exhibition:
Paris, ‘Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes’, 1925, Executed in ebony and ivory.
Stockholm, ‘Stockholm Exhibition’, 1930, Executed in pewter and partially gilded.
History:
This chess game was designed by Marie-Lousie Idestam-Blomberg in the 1920s. It was displayed during the Paris Exhibition 1925; after which Svenskt Tenn took over the production rights. The set shown at the Paris exhibition was made in ebony and ivory.
Literature:
Hald, Arthur, Skawonius, Sven Erik, ‘Nyttokonst’, 1951, p.41.
Hedqvist, Hedvig, Jacobson, Rikard, von Gerber, Jan, ‘Modernt Svenskt Tenn’, Atlantis (Sweden) 2004), p.37, p.40.
Ivanov, Gunnela, ‘Swedish Grace’, Kaunitz-Olsson (Sweden) 2022, p.404-405.
Catalgoue, ‘Firma Svenskt Tenn’, 1931, np.
Magazine, ‘Boet’, 1935, p.93, p.100.
Ref: 2505078