Five 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: Five of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Male juggler figure depicted in outline, shown in profile facing left. He wears a jester's hat and balances a group of objects, all of which incorporate the spade symbol. In his left hand, he balances a ceramic vase on a long pole. From his head, another vase is balanced on a shorter pole, the spades forming the bodies of each vase. From his feet, he balances two swords, the spades forming his boots and the hilts of the weapons. At center, another sword is balanced with its tip pointed down, the spade again composing the hilt.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1955-78-14-5
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.)