Art, Symbol & Imagination
Black-Art Conjuring Tabletop Designs
Two circular geometric patterns divide a tabletop into rings and smaller fields. Darkened sections mark openings disguised within the ornament. Hoffmann explains Figures 74 and 75 as possible designs for a black-velvet conjuring table. Their visual interest is also functional: the decorative braid breaks the surface into shapes that help hide pockets used during a performance.
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Illustrator not identified. "Black-Art Conjuring Tabletop Designs" [editorial title]. In Later Magic, Professor Hoffmann. 1904 E. P. Dutton edition, 1904, E. P. Dutton & Company. Source scan leaf 116. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0065-0115
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