Dancer as Faun, German Postcard circa 1920s by redpoulaine
24.00 USDGreat dance image, Weimar era. No history on the dancer and no photographer attribution, but we sure love this one :)Please examine our high res scans for detail.The item you are considering...
View ArticleFräulein Übermut 1, Coquette on Bearskin Rug, German Postcard, circa 1910, by...
17.00 USDFräulein Übermut, this card's title, translates into English as "Cheeky Girl," or "Bold Young Lady." Our very cute model is attired as a school-age girl, that perennial costume of innocence,...
View ArticleFräulein Übermut 2, Coquette on Bearskin Rug, German Postcard, circa 1910, by...
17.00 USDFräulein Übermut, this card's title, translates into English as "Cheeky Girl," or "Bold Young Lady." Our very cute model is attired as a school-age girl, that perennial costume of innocence,...
View ArticleIn The Garden. German Postcard, Posted in France, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDSo charming :)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...
View ArticleBelle Epoque Hotel Cafe for Working Class, 1900s RPPC by redpoulaine
16.00 USDWe do specialize in fantasy, here at Red Poulaine. It's true! Theatrical fantasy, even, and sometimes, perhaps, a little phantasy too, though seldom. Every now and then, though, we need to...
View ArticleNude Portrait of Méaty Fleuron, Belle Epoque Stage Artiste, by Oricelly of...
39.00 USDLiterally a "pin-up" of Méaty Fleuron, please note there are four tiny pin holes in this card, one each in the upper right and left corners, and two in the bottom center, within the blank...
View ArticleMermaid Mishap, by Henri Manuel, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhen this image was taken, no more than three short years after 1900, when Henri Manuel and his brother Gaston first opened their studio in Paris, who would have guessed that among French...
View ArticleLoie Fuller, Belle Epoque Danseuse, in Mini Collection of Félix Potin Trade...
22.00 USDThis mini-collection has as its centerpiece a card featuring the American dancer who contributed so much to la Belle Epoque and to modern dance, Mlle. Loie Fuller!Félix Potin (1820-1871) was a...
View ArticleJanet Doré, Edwardian Stage Performer, British Postcard circa 1903 by...
16.00 USDNo history we've found on the charming Miss Doré. We'll keep looking, though.Wonderful Art Nouveau border really makes this a striking card!On the reverse side of the card, note "For Inland...
View ArticleMlle. Fiska, Belle Epoque Stage Performer 2, by Walery of Paris by redpoulaine
12.00 USDWe have always loved this series of images by Walery of the mysteriously veiled Mlle. Fiska. Not that she was veiled in some mysterious way or that there is any mystery behind the fact that...
View ArticleSiegfried on Horseback, Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen, circa 1925 by Ross...
11.00 USDWe found a small cache of 1920's Ross Verlag postcards depicting scenes from Fritz Lang's German Expressionist film masterpiece "Die Nibelungen."Also, below are three Youtube links to the...
View ArticleNude German Fantasy Illustrator Card by Erich Schütz, circa 1910s Austria. by...
26.00 USDIn the poem Der Gott und die Bayadere, Johann von Goethe (1749-1832) interpreted an Indian folktale about a god and a temple dancer. In the story, the god Mahadeva in his sixth incarnation,...
View ArticleLook Twice at This One! RPPC, circa 1910. by redpoulaine
33.00 USDWe named this one "Look Twice" because the listing image doesn't give you the whole image at first glance. Family pet? Relative who fell afoul of the fairies? We laugh every time we see this...
View ArticleNaughty Flapper! Risque French Postcard, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
28.00 USDHow brazen!!! Naughty flapper shows off underwear. Some wear to surface and edges, otherwise a very nice print on this vintage French postcard from the 1920s.The item you are considering for...
View ArticleParisian Stage Performer on Heavily Embossed Postcard, Germany, circa 1906 by...
17.00 USDLovely embossed postcard. We think the stage artiste may have been Juliette Méaly, a famous Parisian cabaret performer and a model for post-impressionist Henri Toulouse Lautrec. Probably a...
View ArticleYoung Lady with Fan, 1920's Hand-Tinted Postcard with Love Letter in...
16.00 USDReally a lovely hand-tinted image of a fancy-dressed young woman with a fan. On the obverse is the date, 1927? And a love letter that appears to be in Latvian. How do we know this? Because...
View ArticleNude Image of "Doll" by Jean Agelou. Probably Pirated Edition. by...
19.00 USDWhen speaking of romantic Belle Epoque postcard images of beautiful women, it would be a strange thing if the name "Doll" didn't come up in the conversation. She appeared in so many greatly...
View ArticleMay Flowers 2, Risque French Faux-Nude by M.F. Paris, circa 1904 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWish we'd received this in for May day! Lovely hand-coloration on this barely risque French postcard, circa 1904.Why 1904? Check out the text on the obverse of the card:"Tous les pays...
View ArticleMay Flowers 3, Risque French Faux-Nude by M.F. Paris, circa 1904 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWish we'd received this in for May day! Lovely hand-coloration on this barely risque French postcard, circa 1904.Why 1904? Check out the text on the obverse of the card:"Tous les pays...
View ArticleMay Flowers 4, Risque French Faux-Nude by M.F. Paris, circa 1904 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWish we'd received this in for May day! Lovely hand-coloration on this barely risque French postcard, circa 1904.Why 1904? Check out the text on the obverse of the card:"Tous les pays...
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