Object Details
- 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.
- 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
