CHESS SET

Marie Louise Idestam-Blomberg

Chess Set

1946

Pewter and brass.
This chess game was designed by Marie-Lousie
Idestam-Blomberg in the 1920s. It was displayed during the Paris Exhibition 1925; after which Sven-
skt Tenn took over the production rights. The set shown at the Paris exhibition was made in ebony
and ivory. Literature: Boet, 1935. Similar models: p.93 & 100. H. Hedqvist, R. Jacobsen, J. Von Gerber, Modernt Svenskt Tenn, Éditions Atlantis,
Stockholm, 2004. p.37 & 40

Produced by Svenskt Tenn

H.9.5cm/3.7″

W.40cm/15.7″

D.40cm/15.7″