c. 1860-80s Laquered Papier Mache Thread Box with Gilding & Albumen Portrait
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c. 1860-80s Laquered Papier Mache Thread Box with Gilding & Albumen Portrait
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A beautiful c. 1860-80s laquered papier mache thread box with gilding and an albumen portrait.
The black lacquer contrasts the beautiful leaf gilded pattern on the side of the circular box.
The albumen portrait on the top is of a women wearing a late 1800s dress holding a fan.
The box comes with 5 different beautiful silk threads as well as the black darning thread.
The albumen silver positive printing process was the most important positive photographic
process of
the second part of the nineteenth century. Albumen photographs were used for all kinds
of photographic
applications, from commercial portrait photography to scientific photography.
Albumen photographs were
often mounted on mounting boards. Many, but not all, of existing
cartes de visite (CDV), cabinet cards (CC),
and a number of later variants of card photographs
contain albumen prints. Albumen photographs were also
mounted in early photographic albums
and printed in large numbers for trade as portraits of famous people
or royalty, as curiosities, or
as tourist souvenirs.
(cc: The Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Signatures By Dusan C. Sulik)
Approx. Dimensions:
Height: 2"
Diameter: 3"
Condition:
Item is in great age related condition.
Has some nicks and scuffs.
Please see all photos for complete description.
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