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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
Pillow-Dex Tennis
Title
Pillow-Dex Tennis
Object name
Table game
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 )
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."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.431
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."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
