March 11, 2024
1840s Wallpaper & ClothSeller Trdcrd SPLENDID ILLUSTR !
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Original 1840's illustrated tradecard for A. Van Cleemputte, seller of wallpaper and carpets in Ghent. Click on the picture(s) to enlarge. Description: Printer : Gyselynck Printer's address : Ghent Printing type : colour iredescence* Colors used : Gold, blue & reddish metallic Illustration details : A gorgeous decorated border with rolls of wallpaper and draped cloth. Language : French text. A superbly illustrated, rare tradecard and approx. 150 years old Size & Condition: Size : App. 10.6 x 8 cm. Condition : In a very good condition.(see scan) Gluemarks at the back. * This process, called, 'carton porçelaine' because it was more or less the first time glossy paper could be made and it had the glossy appearence of china, appeared typically in Belgium (and almost exclusively t around 1840 and was abolished in the 1860's, when it became clear that the use of metallic colour powders and lead oxides was dangerous to the printers. The quality of the printing and the imagination in typographic decoration, makes these tradecards the most exquisite printed ephemera that one can get from this period.Visit my-eBay page for some more information. - Some typical words to use when you look for information on the net : Porcelaincard, Carte porcelaine, Porseleinkaart, Coated stock, Tradecard, Ephemera, Lithography, Chromolithography
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