Medium:

Cut paper on wood frame

Dimensions:

H x W: 44.8 × 49.9 cm (17 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

Type:

toys & games

Lantern slide

Object Name:

Lantern slide

Made in:

Savoy, France

Date:

ca. 1780

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, a palace in the background, from the top of which fireworks spray out. Hedge with bushes and flowers at either side, receding into background. In foreground, a fountain with two serpents holding up a globe. Pinks, greens, and white.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1937-18-8

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq412637766-ed96-4f0a-9cc6-f8ae2300c245

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1937-18-8