Medium:

Cut paper on wood frame

Dimensions:

H x W: 44.8 × 49.7 cm (17 5/8 × 19 9/16 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, garden pavilion with eight twisted columns; broken out in a semicircle in central portion, which is crowned with a dome. In central intercolumniation, the shield of the House of Savoy with charioteers' heads in the quarterings. In right and left intercolumniation, ciphers set in lozenges. At top, five-pointed star from which dart lightning bolts.

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1937-18-21

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/kq49eb85cf7-d8da-44a7-8558-3ad2285163b0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1937-18-21