Ace of Spades
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Object Details
- Designer
- E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century
- Printer
- Belin, France
- Manufacturer
- B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- One of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Female figure depicted in outline in a church interior, wearing a nun's habit with a rosary hanging from her waist. She kneels and clasps her hands in prayer, her eyes cast down; an open book and crucifix at left. The black spade symbol is depicted upside down, occupying the space of her neck and chest. Within it, a small white cross.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1955-78-14-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- toys & games
- Object Name
- Playing card
- Type
- Playing card
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1955-78-14-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4620579f0-5f44-4042-bb2e-91841b53c173
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