Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
Object Number:
2000.307
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
lithogrphed: on the box cover: "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS"
Description:
"Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a seated woman surrounded by a group of dwarfs; box cover inscribed, "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS".
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
