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Name/TitleTray-Stere­o­scope ‘Le Stéréothèque’

About this objectThe top of the Stéréothèque can be opened, after which a slide tray is placed on a sled inside the view­er. On the right side there is a crank. When it is turned 180 degrees clock­wise, a slide is lift­ed from the tray by two met­al fin­gers that rise from the bot­tom of the view­er and are attached to a ver­ti­cal­ly mount­ed cir­cu­lar disc. The stere­oview is posi­tioned in front of the lens­es and can be viewed.
When the crank is turned anoth­er 180 degrees, the slide is returned to the tray and the tray advances slight­ly so that the next image is select­ed. At the front there is a small round view­ing win­dow through which the num­ber of the select­ed image can be read. The crank han­dle can be turned in both direc­tions, allow­ing bidi­rec­tion­al navigation.
(from: Com­pendi­um of Stereoscopes)

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

Place MadeFrance

Mak­erMat­tey

Mak­er RoleMan­u­fac­tur­er

Date Madec. 1910

Tech­niqueMul­ti-view, tray-based

Tech­niqueFocus, lens tubes

Peri­od1893–1939

Sub­ject and Asso­ci­a­tion Descrip­tionThe Stéréothèque was Mattey’s response to the Tax­iphote of Jules Richard. For more than twen­ty years it remained the prin­ci­pal tray-based stere­o­scope in Mattey’s prod­uct range. From 1926 onwards the device was replaced by the Métascope.
The func­tion­al­i­ty and mech­a­nism of the stan­dard Stéréothèque remained unchanged through­out its pro­duc­tion life. A ver­sion with short-focus lens­es was lat­er intro­duced under the name Stéréothèque à court foyer.

For­mat6x13cm

Object TypeStere­o­scope

Sub­ject and Asso­ci­a­tion Key­wordsFR 340931 (Sté Mat­tey, 1904)

Medi­um and Mate­ri­alsglass slides

Object num­berM‑ST020

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