Perpetual Motion Design

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circumference a pink band with eight elliptical rings. Within, eight cartouches alternating with eight chains of circles and and ellipses. At center, figure composed of eight incurving arcs, enclosing rayed disk.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
ca. 1780
Accession Number
1937-18-15
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
toys & games
Object Name
Lantern slide
Type
Lantern slide
Medium
Cut paper on wood frame
Dimensions
H x W: 50 × 44.6 cm (19 11/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
made in
Savoy, France
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Record ID
chndm_1937-18-15
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48fa14dfb-c52e-44f9-a9d9-fb0fb09c8259
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