Object Details
- Designer
- E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century
- Printer
- Belin, France
- Manufacturer
- B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1955-78-14-5
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- toys & games
- Object Name
- Playing card
- Type
- Playing card
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1955-78-14-5
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45ccf398a-227e-4349-8276-87ec13608261
