Librairie Ancienne Ormara
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Paper theatre, view of a military parade on the Champs-Élysées 
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Undated (Lille, Le Bigot Frères, c. 1890). Set of 5 chromolithographed panels mounted accordion-style, 17.5 x 12 cm. Bellows-style paper theatres (known in English as "peep-shows") emerged at the very end of the 18th century, often evolving from Engelbrecht’s paper theatres, which featured loose panels arranged in sequence on a track. They consist of engraved panels—often hand-colored with watercolor and featuring cut-outs—arranged in a sequence that allows a view across all the planes. The front panel is pierced with one, two, or three holes through which the viewer can satisfy their curiosity. Rare and often unsigned, these fragile objects can be dated based on the costumes of the small figures populating the various planes. The example presented here depicts a troop parade—featuring mounted cuirassiers, Spahis in red trousers, and the President with his wife in a carriage—moving along festooned avenues. The front panel (containing the viewing holes) shows the Place de la Concorde and the Obelisk, while the back panel shows the Arc de Triomphe. This peep-show by the Le Bigot brothers is a relatively late production, as the lithographic printing workshop was active between 1880 and 1900. The item is in excellent condition. The standard reference in this field is Ralph Hyde’s "Paper Peepshows: The Jacqueline & Jonathan Gestetner Collection" (2015); the collection itself has since been bequeathed to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Close to Gestetner 68
800,- EUR Sachgebiete: Curiosa, Ephemera, Militaria, Ortsansichten Kontakt zum
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