Museum Collections
Luce Center
Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune
Object Number:
2000.304
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y."
Description:
"Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a woman crouching, wearing a yellow dress and a red peaked hat, with an owl on her shoulder and a black cat at her side; box cover inscribed, "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.