Museum Tag: tabletop

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Nouveau Stéréoscope’

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Nouveau Stéréoscope’

To load the device, the front pan­el is opened and a tray of 25 glass slides can be insert­ed. By turn­ing a side lever, one of the images is pushed upwards from the tray by two met­al fin­gers from below, allow­ing it to be viewed. 

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Classeur’, Luxe

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Classeur’, Luxe

A bake­lite tray con­tain­ing 25 glass slides can be insert­ed by flip­ping down the front of the view­er. Then, by depress­ing the lever on the right side of the hous­ing, one slide after anoth­er can be exam­ined. On the left side of the view­er, there 

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Auto-Classeur “Astra“ ‘

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Auto-Classeur “Astra“ ‘

L’Astra is the largest of Bize’s designs. The slide tray mech­a­nism of L’Astra dif­fers from typ­i­cal stere­o­scopes. Instead of a tray car­riage mov­ing over a rail, L’Astra uses a gear sys­tem embed­ded in the base plate, with the tray fea­tur­ing grooves. The rotat­ing gear moves 

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Nouveau Stéréoscope’

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Nouveau Stéréoscope’

To load the device, the front pan­el is opened and a tray of 25 glass slides can be insert­ed. By turn­ing a side lever, one of the images is pushed upwards from the tray by two met­al fin­gers from below, allow­ing it to be viewed. 

Chain-Stereoscope, Ronce de Thuya, Luxe

Chain-Stereoscope, Ronce de Thuya, Luxe

Fur­ther read­ing: Stere­oscopy His­to­ry Series — Mat­tey (A. Ruiter)

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Classeur Leroy’

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréo-Classeur Leroy’

The stere­o­scope car­ries the name Leroy, although the name­sake played no role in its devel­op­ment. The man­u­fac­tur­er of the stere­o­scope, Émile Guérin, con­tin­ued the com­pa­ny of Lucien Leroy and retained the estab­lished name Leroy as a brand. The Stéréo-Classeur Leroy is a com­pact stere­o­scope with a 

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Planox Rotatif’

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Planox Rotatif’

Four bake­lite trays con­tain­ing 25 glass slides each can be insert­ed through a flap on the left side of the view­er. These trays are bent by 90 degrees and are arranged to form a drum. Then, by mov­ing a small knob, locat­ed on the right 

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréodrome’ with its Original Photo Collection

Tray-Stereoscope ‘Stéréodrome’ with its Original Photo Collection

Le Stéréo­drome is a robust stere­o­scope with a heavy-duty and reli­able con­struc­tion. The device exhibits a sta­ble design that remained in pro­duc­tion into the 1930s with­out sig­nif­i­cant mod­i­fi­ca­tions. The mod­el designed to accom­mo­date a pro­jec­tion lamp has a few vis­i­ble dif­fer­ences on the out­side and 

Stereoscope ‘Educa’

Stereoscope ‘Educa’

The stere­o­scope and its oper­at­ing prin­ci­ple are unique. The stere­oviews are print­ed on a sin­gle glass plate mea­sur­ing 13 × 18 cm. Each plate con­tains twen­­ty-four images arranged as twelve stereo pairs in six hor­i­zon­tal rows. A slid­ing lid at the top of the view­er