Temple of the Sun
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: made in
content: Savoy, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-18-14
objectType: label: Type
content: toys & games
label: Object Name
content: Lantern slide
label: Type
content: Lantern slide
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Cut paper on wood frame
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44.8 × 50 cm (17 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)