Set of gorgeous and fashionable early 20th-century place cards, each hand-made, hand-colored, and dressed in real fabric and glitter.
Near fine.
Price: $1,500.00
A beautiful collection of paper doll-like figures executed in a high Art Deco style, with exaggerated eyes and bright red lips. They are dressed in a variety of historical outfits, from the French Revolution to the early Jazz age; three of the figures are somewhat orientalist. The publisher of the material carrying the basic outlines upon which the artist has built, E. Hautecoeur, is listed in contemporary guides to Paris as a photographer and publisher. It is clear that Hautecoeur carried a variety of paper stock as something of a general stationer. Hautecoeur's proximity to the opera house may also have influenced the aesthetics of the cards: many of the figures look like they might have just stepped off the stage of a ballet. A stunning assemblage, evocative of the era.
Paris: Ed. Hautecoeur, [circa 1920]. 5'' x 4'' (cards); 4.5'' x 9.25'' (box). Original red cardboard box with original tissue, containing 12 placecards of 10 designs, each unique. All cards signed "Nat," in ink. Two labels to box lid, the first labeled "Pour vos Diners" and describing contents, the second giving the address of E. Hautecoeur. Some light edgewear to box, lid mildly bowed. "Les menus" as listed on one of the labels are absent. Fabric occasionally lightly wrinkled, several beads detached from one card, but present in box. Overall, exceptionally bright.
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