Designoscope optical toy
The Designoscope optical toy - a variant of the kaleidoscope for the geometric distortion of small objects. Each object on the revolving table can thus be viewed with the same visual effect we see in the traditional kaleidoscope. It was described as the Wonder of Modern Art
Picture No
11041948
Media ID
46874867
Size
6000px x 3871px
(2.7MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
Date
circa 1920s
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