Nine of Spades
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century
label: Printer
content: Belin, France
label: Manufacturer
content: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Nine of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, two rows of male figures shown in outline, seven shown as altar servers, with one knight at lower left. Most wear long robes, with spades integrated into their torsos. The ninth spade appears at center, haloed on a banner carried by an altar server. The altar servers carry a chalice, an incense burner, a bible, a horn, a candle, a banner, and a crucifix.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-78-14-9
objectType: label: Type
content: toys & games
label: Object Name
content: Playing card
label: Type
content: Playing card
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Lithograph on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)