Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, garden house composed of piers and lintels, with half-dome over arched central portion. At top center, a disk with rays of varying length; below, a whorl, an eight-pointed star, and two interlaced triangles forming a six-pointed star suspended above a flower pot. Two medallions suspended from lintel of summer house at either side with text: VIVA / CHI / VEDE; pink, green, and white transparencies.
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
1937-18-14
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
toys & games
Object Name
Lantern slide
Type
Lantern slide
Medium
Cut paper on wood frame
Dimensions
H x W: 44.8 × 50 cm (17 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
made in
Savoy, France
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1937-18-14