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An “Imperial Theatre” toy theatre by Richard Schwarz, New York, circa 1890

the wooden pine stage stamped Theatre Imperial Patent and dated ’83, with slot-in chromolithographic cardboard proscenium, red silk curtain drop, cardboard backdrop, scenery, flats and characters for Robinson Crusoe, 38cm wide, 31cm high, 29cm deep (when assembled).

Stock Reference: LH 1473

Reference: Peter Baldwin, Toy Theatres of the World, Zwemmer, 1992, figure 93 page 141 for an identical Schwarz stage front.