Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chivalry: The Greatest Modern Board Game of Skill
Object Number:
2000.234
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Open (board): 16 1/2 × 16 in. (41.9 × 40.6 cm)
Marks:
lithographed: on the board: twice, " "CHIVALRY/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY GEO. S. PARKER & CO/ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ Published By/ PARKER BROS. SALEM, MASS."
lithographed: on the board label: "CHIVALRY/ THE GREATEST MODERN/ BOARD GAME OF/ SKILL/ GEO. S. PARKER
Description:
"Chivalry: The Greatest Modern Board Game of Skill" board game with 40 playing pieces half red, half white and a paper instruction booklet in a paper box; paper covered cardboard board with a blue and yellow checkerboard with battle scenes and castles in the corners; board inscribed, "CHIVALRY/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY GEO. S. PARKER & CO/ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ Published By/ PARKER BROS. SALEM, MASS."; board label with two knights jousting and the inscription, "CHIVALRY/ THE GREATEST MODERN/ BOARD GAME OF/ SKILL/ GEO. S. PARKER & CO./ PUBLISHERS, SALEM, MASS."
Gallery Label:
In 1887, George Parker touted his newly-introduced Chivalry as "the Best game in 2,000 years." Unlike the typical Victorian-era board games, Chivalry had complex rules and demanded strategic skill to win. The game proved a flop with the public but was reissued years later as Camelot, with new rules and greater commercial success.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
