1791-Yo-Yo-Bandalore.jpg
Summary
A depiction of a woman playing with an early form of the yo-yo, or "Bandalore" (as it was called in England then), from a French fashion journal, 1791.
The most common French word for Yo-yo at the time was "Emigrette", but it is called the "Joujou de Normandie" in a caption to a version of this image which was included in Albert Charles Auguste Racinet's Le Costume Historique (1888).
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| A woman playing with an early form of the yo-yo | |
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| Artist |
Unknown artist
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| Title |
A woman playing with an early form of the yo-yo
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| Description |
A depiction of a woman playing with an early form of the yo-yo, or "Bandalore" (as it was called in England then), from a fashion journal, 1791. The most common French word for Yo-yo at the time was "Emigrette", but it is called the "Joujou de Normandie" in a caption to a version of this image which was included in Albert Charles Auguste Racinet's Le Costume Historique (1888). |
| Depicted people | A woman |
| Date | 1791 |
| Source/Photographer | Usually claimed to be from a French fashion journal (no further details given). Published in the German Journal des Luxus und der Moden (October 1791). [1] |