Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Nine of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Figural scene depicting two men holding a shield at center decorated with an eagle. Above, a helmet and banners. Below, a group of weapons and musical instruments. Red hearts integrated into the figures of the scene.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century
- Printer
- Belin, France
- Manufacturer
- B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France
- Date
- late 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
- Type
- toys & games
- Object Name
- Playing card
- Type
- Playing card
