pantin

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A jumping jack (toy)

About 1750 the pantins were made in five parts, the body and head, the two arms and the two legs. They were engraved on sheets of paper or card and could be cut out at home or bought ready cut and coloured. Later on they were printed by lithography.

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A commune in Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France.

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