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Cobweb Star
ca. 1780
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Cobweb Star
- Date Created: ca. 1780
- Location Created: Savoy, France (currently)
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Cut paper on wood frame
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
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