22.00 USD
Wonderful Risque Boudoir scene. Gorgeous coloring, and such lovely long hair! This is not a photograph. This is a really fine offset lithograph with what we today call a dot matrix so tiny you really have to zoom in to see it.
On the back side of the card we see the word Arnochrome, probably the printer/publisher, but possibly the process, a variant of chromolithographic printing? In any case, we've come across Arnochrome before, and the color work in this one is of the very high quality we've come to expect from their cards.
If we were to guess, we'd date this card to around 1907-1910. Almost definitely pre-1914. It was printed in Saxony, a state in modern Germany today, which at that time was a kingdom, ruled over by King Frederick Augustus III, and a part of the German Empire, which was then ruled over by the Kaiser. It wasn't until 1918, following Germany's defeat in WWI, that the king abdicated and Saxony became a free state of the Weimar Republic.
Fine, unposted condition. 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 not charge for 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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