Folding lantern in book form
Probably a table or traveling lantern for ladies, painted light green with transferware etchings in black on both covers with romantic rural scenes; rounded spine hand-painted with title in six panels with flowers painted in the top and bottom panels and five painted lines depicting a traditional book spine.-- description by Mindell Dubansky in consultation with Lynn Heckman
Artwork Details
- Title: Folding lantern in book form
- Date: between 1800 and 1899
- Geography: Europe (?)
- Dimensions: 1 lantern : painted and printed tin ; Height: 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 × 2 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Lynn and Bruce Heckman
- Object Number: N7433.3 .F65 1800
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Editions Ernest Leroux
1884
between 1800 and 1899
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between 1800 and 1899
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