Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circular design. In center, black pierced circle, surrounded by five concentric circles: black, green, white, pink, and blue. Overlaid on the circles are two eight-pointed stars; from the points of the smaller star are pierced serpentine rays.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
- ca. 1780
- Accession Number
- 1937-18-19
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- toys & games
- Object Name
- Lantern slide
- Type
- Lantern slide
- Medium
- Cut paper on wood frame
- Dimensions
- H x W: 44.9 × 49.9 cm (17 11/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
- made in
- Savoy, 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_1937-18-19
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e5352ca5-5a15-4aee-82f2-d19ed4de242d
