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Catalog Data

Medium:
Cut paper on wood frame
Dimensions:
H x W: 44.8 × 50 cm (17 5/8 × 19 11/16 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, two palaces at right and left in background. In foreground, fountain surrounded by embroidered parterre, with semicircular hedge and four obelisks. In center of sheet, radiating wheel and whorled wheel above. Translucent portions in white, blue, green, red, and yellow.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
Accession Number:
1937-18-9
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/kq4d4fbd3b7-fa90-4312-8637-99e253d40efd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1937-18-9