Cobweb Star
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, circular sixteen-part patera with pierced rays and transverse ellipses formed of pierced circles. White star at center, surrounded by circles of green, pink, white, and light brown, with a band of blue surrounding the design.
place: label: made in
content: Savoy, 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: 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: 1937-18-10
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: 44.5 × 49.8 cm (17 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)