Hand Shadows
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular panel of cream-colored cotton printed in red. The design shows various shadow figures made with the hands. In a large central oval frame, a pair of hands making the shadow of a rabbit, titled below "Bunny." In the four corners are hands and shadows forming "The Camel," "The Dog," "The Goose," and "The Goat." To the left and right of the central oval, the crest of the Prince of Wales – three plumes in a crown – and the legend "Ich Dien" ("I Serve"). The configurations are similar to those found in Henry Bursill's "Hand Shadows to Be Thrown Upon the Wall," 1859.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth Van Norman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-119-1
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Panel
label: Type
content: Panel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved roller
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19.1 × 28.6 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)