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Serpentine Ribbon
ca. 1780
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, white disk at center from which radiate alternating long and short rays, between which are chains of white ellipses growing larger towards circumference of design. At circumference, a guilloche band in red and green, with white disks.
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Details
- Title: Serpentine Ribbon
- Date Created: ca. 1780
- Location Created: Savoy, France
- 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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