1988 Alcoa Hartwig MMC set deployed on the metal board
Original promotional view of the 1988 Alcoa Centennial Technical Symposia chess set. Geometric pieces follow Josef Hartwig’s 1924 Bauhaus design and are made of Alcoa metal-matrix composite; dark pawns carry the Alcoa mark. The aluminum-lithium board edge is Printed promotional or enclosure photograph showing how Alcoa staged the gift: advanced-materials chess set as an executive desk object, beside drink, cigars, and watch. Useful as a period document of how the set was meant to be seen, not as a contemporary product shot of this specific example.
