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Four of Hearts

Cooper Hewitt

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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

Four of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A scene of children playing in front of a domestic building. A boy at left in a cap flies a kite--his bottom and the kite take the form of red hearts. At right, a girl holding a racquet plays badminton; a red heart forms the skirt of her dress. At upper left, a female figure in a window surveys the children, a red heart forming the shape of her chest.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton

Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

1955-78-14-14

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

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e9001263-e795-45c9-bcf0-dfe5580f811c

Record ID

chndm_1955-78-14-14

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