12.00 USD
Gorgeous Art Nouveau composite piece by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris. Exquisitely hand-colored. Posted in 1907. Some creasing on a corner, and on this glossy finish card, little dents and thumps are apparent close up, but don't show up well on our scan, so please be advised! Otherwise, a remarkable card that affords its holder a magical window into that gilded time and place,,,but we rhapsodize :)
Also from 1907, please enjoy a snippet of Robert W. Chambers work, a prolific American author, and very much a favorite of ours, who was known to use Belle Epoque Paris as a setting for many of his fictional pieces:
"Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of rose-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees"
"all a glisten with golden bees," huh? Wow. his writing was so wonderfully evocative! If you'd like to check out one of his best known works, you can download (upload...I never remember) "The King in Yellow," onto your PC, or even your kindle, FOR FREE! Just follow below link to Internet Archive, an absolutely free, no need to register, no strings attached, source of out of copyright written works! We often make use of it in our research work, or just for a good read.
https://archive.org/details/kinginyellow00chamgoog
Wonderful card. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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