Record Details

Name/TitleFold­able Stere­o­scope ‘Le Mer­veilleux’ with orig­i­nal stor­age box

About this objectThe stere­o­scope con­sists of a wood­en box. The lid con­tains a wood­en block with grooves into which a stereo card can be insert­ed. When the lid is slid open, the lens pan­el can be unfold­ed. The focus is adjust­ed by slid­ing the lid, which changes the dis­tance between the lens­es and the stere­oview. The two square lens­es are sur­round­ed by met­al frames that serve a dec­o­ra­tive pur­pose only.
(from: Com­pendi­um of Stereoscopes)

Place MadeFrance

Date Madec. 1910

Tech­niqueSin­gle-view, manually

Tech­niqueFocus, car­ri­er

Peri­od1893–1939

Sub­ject and Asso­ci­a­tion Descrip­tionLe Mer­veilleux Stéréo Mobile is a com­pact, portable stere­o­scope designed for paper stere­oviews. It was devel­oped by the pub­lish­er Ernest Le Deley specif­i­cal­ly for the paper stere­oviews he produced.

For­matUni­ver­sal

Object TypeStere­o­scope

Medi­um and Mate­ri­alsPaper stereo views (Post­cards)

Object num­berM‑SH107

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