• This Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture For Midway Gardens Sprites Chess Pieces Set is made of polyresin, individually hand painted and polished. They comes packed in an FLW yellow gift box as pictured. The Chess board is made of wood with silver silk-screened checkered squares with color-coordinated frame.
• This Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture For Midway Gardens Sprites Chess Pieces Set measures 5" tall, 1.75" long and 1.5" deep approximately on the tallest piece and 3" Tall on the shortest pawn piece. The set weighs about 3.25 pounds altogether. The chess pieces have 1.5" base width which makes them ideal for any chess boards with a square dimension of 1.75" to 2". The board measures 19" by 19". Each checkered squares on the board measures 2" by 2"
• Midway Gardens was an indoor-outdoor entertainment complex located on Chicago's south side. Constructed in 1914, the complex was ornamented with concrete panels, hand-painted wall murals, lighting, and tableware all designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Working in collaboration with sculptor Alfonso Iannelli, a group of various concrete figures, male and female, were sculpted and stood atop the building's street façades.
• This first of its kind chess set is adapted from Wright's Midway Gardens (1913) in Chicago, IL. Featuring the infamous Sprites and other design elements Wright created for the garden. Each intricate collectible piece is made of cold cast resin with hand-rubbed patina finish. The chess board is not done by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is made by our factory to accommodate the Midway Gardens Sprites chess pieces by FLW.
• An authenticity card is enclosed with the chess pieces' box. A short description of the artwork is included in the card.