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A Serenade of Pierrots. French RPPC, circa 1910s/20s by redpoulaine
24.00 USDThis wonderful RPPC is probably of a group of friends all "got" up for some féte, or other. A remarkable image in that this is almost certainly not a commercially published postcard, but one...
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English Girls and Young Ladies in Japanese Costume, circa 1903. by redpoulaine
24.00 USDEnglish Girls and Young Ladies in Japanese Costume, circa 1903.Superb RPPC (Real Photo Post Card) of 12 young women and girls wearing kimonos, holding fans, and most of them with...
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Ladies Dance Auxiliary, French RPPC, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhen the city fathers of Rien chose to plant, almost in the very center of the town square, a huge bronze sculpture of a cannon and crew mired courageously in the midst of battle gore and...
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Les Cocktails, Belle Epoque Octette, by Alfred Noyer, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWe don't usually find Alfred Noyer (the publisher) cards from this early in the century! How we love these group images! So cute, and what a catchy name, Les Cocktails! Just wonderful. Fitting...
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Song and Dance Octette, The Eight Englisch Roses, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDSuch fun :) We love these promotional group images! The question is, were these ladies actually English? If so, the card was probably printed in Germany, since "English" was spelled with the...
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Ice Skater in Clown Costume, Austrian RPPC, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
24.00 USDGorgeous Viennese RPPC of a young woman on skates and in a marvelous Pierrot costume. Great Art Deco styling of skaters on trompe l'oeil. This RPPC was produced by the Jelinek Photo Studio...
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Lord of Misrule, Wonderful German RPPC, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhether it is Twelfth Night, Samhain, or Saturnalia, the inclusion of the Lord of Misrule in the religious and seasonal celebrations surrounding the time of the Winter Solstice date back to...
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Turkish Belly Dancer Eminé. Italian RPPC by Signor Loreti of Rome, circa 1910...
19.00 USDEminé is a common given name for girls in Turkey. That, coupled with her costume and pose, lets us guess that this beautiful young lady was a Turkish belly dancer. We find no history for her,...
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Modern Dance Pioneers, Else and Berta Wiesenthal by Hugo Erfurth of Dresden,...
33.00 USDHugo Erfurth was probably considered to be one of the most important and influential portrait photographers of the Jugendstil era. It was said that he sought to bring out more than the...
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Gorgeous Hand Tinted Image of Woman in Bonnet circa 1905 by redpoulaine
6.00 USDSuperb image. Minor surface wear of the sort one so often sees in oranotypes, but we are only guessing that this is an oranotype. Overall a wonderful card. Magnificent coloring. Please examine...
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Stunning Portrait of American Opera Diva Geraldine Farrar, by Gerlach by...
18.00 USDSuperb portrait of Geraldine Farrar, internationally acclaimed opera diva and silent movie star, by Gerlach of Berlin. Born in 1882, in Massachusetts, Miss Farrar studied voice in France, and...
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Mademoiselle Lo, French Artiste Nude en Voile, Fantaisie, circa 1905 by...
11.00 USDMlle. Lo in a body stocking and veil. Weirdly ethereal image with a variety of experimental coloration that was popular during that time, and which sometimes achieved amazing results. We'll...
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Dancer Mimi Fritz, in Gypsy Costume, by Louis Martin, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
11.00 USDGreat image of Mlle. Mimi Fritz, who, according to another listing of one of her images online, was a mistress of King Constantine I of Greece. He had a reputation for a wandering eye, true...
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Ballet D'Orphée 2, Anthony's of Paris, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
11.00 USDThough posted in 1905, this card was probably produced no later than 1904, and likely closer to 1900. The theatrical production it represents, can't be confused with the Ballet d'Orphée set to...
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Kirchner, Raphael, Semi Nude La Gourmandise, from series Les Péchés Capitaux,...
59.00 USDBeautiful card! La Gourmandise, by Raphael Kirchner.We haven't gained access to any detailed bibliography of Kirchner's cards, but from what we have gathered, this card was produced in 1914,...
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Art Nouveau Queen of Clubs in the style of Wichera, Posted 1902 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDGorgeous art card in the style of the Baron Raimund von Ritter Wichera, whose work was published by Marcus Munk of Vienna in the early 1900s. Those cards were often identified by the text MM...
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Am I Blue Lot of 2 Early 1900s Blue tinted German Postcards by redpoulaine
8.00 USDVery minor edge and corner wear on these very nice early 1900s cards. This is a lot of 2 cards. Please examine our high res scans for detail.Postage is for first class shipping in a secure...
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Gypsy Dance. Genevieve Pages Autographed RPPC, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
18.00 USDFrom Pre-Raphaelite imagery in the mid 1800s, to Boho-chic through its various iterations into this present day, the "Gypsy" look will, perhaps, always be with us! But beyond the look, Romani...
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Lovely Art Nouveau Hand-Colored Decoration on French Postcard, circa 1900 by...
14.00 USDBeautiful, and oh-so-delicately colored Art Nouveau decoration on this wonderful old deckled-edge card. Image design itself appears to have been initially printed (possibly from a copper plate...
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Dancer Charlotte Val-d'Or in Sequined Costume, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
12.00 USDWhat a wonderful sequined costume! Mlle. Val-d'Or appears here on what was probably a publicity RPPC, not a card produced by one of the big publishers, though the work is certainly...
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