Illustrated Catalog of Day Light Bomb Shells, No. 10
Hirayama Fireworks by Jinta Hirayama
Illustrated Catalog of Day Light Bomb Shells, No. 10, c. 1883
Illustration
From Hirayama Fireworks, Illustrated Catalog of Day Light Bomb Shells (c. 1883), p. 10.
A pastel sky pierced by squiggles - part firework, part falling ribbon, part confectionery hallucination. Likely a diagram of a color flame shell, this print doesn’t explain; it insists. Red, violet, green, yellow: pure pigment, pure play.
Part of the ArdorU’s Fireworks Collection.
Hirayama Fireworks by Jinta Hirayama
Illustrated Catalog of Day Light Bomb Shells, No. 10, c. 1883
Illustration
From Hirayama Fireworks, Illustrated Catalog of Day Light Bomb Shells (c. 1883), p. 10.
A pastel sky pierced by squiggles - part firework, part falling ribbon, part confectionery hallucination. Likely a diagram of a color flame shell, this print doesn’t explain; it insists. Red, violet, green, yellow: pure pigment, pure play.
Part of the ArdorU’s Fireworks Collection.
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