Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Pillow-Dex Tennis
Object Number:
2000.431
Date:
1897
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, cord
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 41.3 x 16.8 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Pillow-Dex/ Tennis/ TRADE MARK/ Healthful Fun/ for INDOORS or/ OUTDOORS./ Copyright 1897 by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA/ Contains, RACKETS, NET,/ PILLOW-DEX BALLS AND RULES./ Patent Applied for."
Description:
"Pillow-Dex Tennis" table game with a set of paper instructions, an envelope to hold balloons, two wooden rackets stung with waxed cord and a white cord net that makes the dividing line in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a man and a woman playing pillow-dex with the net strung between to chairs ina parlor with an older couple looking on; box cover inscribed, "Pillow-Dex/ Tennis/ TRADE MARK/ Healthful Fun/ for INDOORS or/ OUTDOORS./ Copyright 1897 by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA/ Contains, RACKETS, NET,/ PILLOW-DEX BALLS AND RULES./ Patent Applied for."
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.
