A queen from the Lewis chessmen

Chess-piece; walrus ivory; queen wearing floriated crown, veil, mantle and tunic; right hand placed on cheek; seated in chair ornamented on back with adjacent leaf scrolls; cloth hanging over top of back of chair. 1150-1175 (circa) Height: 94 millimetres Width: 40.71 millimetres Depth: 30.48 millimetres COL: [MCM865](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_obect_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=408) Read more on the [British Museum Blog](http://british.museumblog.org/check-it-out-the-lewis-chessmen-at-the-british-museum/) 115 photographs taken by Emma Palmer, Daniel Pett, Naomi Speakman and Lucy Ellis (a group training exercise.)