Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, white disk at center, surrounded by ring of pierced stars. Radiating toward circumference of the pattern are thirty-two white rays, alternating with thirty-two pierced clear rays. White rays are tinged with pink at their notched extremities.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
Date
ca. 1780
Accession Number
1937-18-22
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
toys & games
Object Name
Lantern slide
Type
Lantern slide
Medium
Cut paper on wood frame
Dimensions
H x W: 44.7 × 49.8 cm (17 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
made in
Savoy, France
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1937-18-22