Chromolithographs of paper lantern designs in the style of lanterns still carried in Saint Martin’s Day celebrations. ca.1880. From Papierlaternen-Fabrik Riethmüller, a sales catalogue put out by the C. Riethmüller Company and published in Baden-Württemberg. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Found in an article on Public Domain Review.

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Sun. Design for a Saint Martin’s Day paper lantern. ca. 1880s. Chromolithograph. Taken from a sales catalogue put out by the C. Riethmüller Company and published in Baden-Württemberg. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/paper-lantern-catalogue/?utm_source=newsletter
Crescent moon and stars. Design for a Saint Martin’s Day paper lantern. ca. 1880s. Chromolithograph. Taken from a sales catalogue put out by the C. Riethmüller Company and published in Baden-Württemberg. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/paper-lantern-catalogue/?utm_source=newsletter
Sun and moon. Design for a Saint Martin’s Day paper lantern. ca. 1880s. Chromolithograph. Taken from a sales catalogue put out by the C. Riethmüller Company and published in Baden-Württemberg. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/paper-lantern-catalogue/?utm_source=newsletter
Moons. Design for a Saint Martin’s Day paper lantern. ca. 1880s. Chromolithograph. Taken from a sales catalogue put out by the C. Riethmüller Company and published in Baden-Württemberg. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/paper-lantern-catalogue/?utm_source=newsletter

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