MAKE A MEME View Large Image State Gifts Chess Set.JPG en A hand-turned and carved ivory chess set containing 16 black and 16 white pieces The chessboard is made of wood with ornate floral carvings around the playing surface The playing surface has alternating squares ...
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Keywords: State Gifts Chess Set.JPG en A hand-turned and carved ivory chess set containing 16 black and 16 white pieces The chessboard is made of wood with ornate floral carvings around the playing surface The playing surface has alternating squares of ivory and wood inlay The board is hinged in the center for storage and inside is lined with red velvet Gift of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan ivory 1 25 H x 14 W x 14 D Institution Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum http //www fordlibrarymuseum gov/museum/ArtifactCollectionSamples/Catagories/StateGifts/ChessSet html Chess set accession number 1987 100 1 credit line Courtesy of the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum Donation Date February 5 1975 Institution Institution Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum Gerald R Ford Presidential Library and Museum-cooperation PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Gifts of heads of state in the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum Chess sets Relations of Pakistan and the United States 19th-century chess
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