17.00 USD
Mlle. Saulnay in this exquisitely hand tinted image, published by Croissant of Paris, and posted in 1911. This card is one in a series published by Croissant, called Les Reines de la Mode, or The Queens of Fashion. We must say it was one of the classiest series published during this time. The hand-tinting is faultless. The images, by the greatest theatrical portraitists in Paris, Reutlinger, Manuel, etc. were top notch, and the backs of the cards, featuring Croissant'a Art Nouveau lettering were themselves a delight. We are very hot and cold when it comes to Croissant's work. For the most part, our experience has been that their cards were very run of the mill, but occasionally we run across a series produced by them that was really special, and this one definitely qualifies.
We can find nothing on Mlle. Saulnay. We'll keep looking, of course.
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