Studi fotografici nazionali - Album fotografico d'epoca Umbertina con Foto Cabinet – Fine XIX Secolo- Italia
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Italian Umbertina-era photographic album with Cabinet Card portraits, dated 1890, unsigned, by Studi fotografici nazionali, a portrait album in very good condition, 34 × 27 cm.
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Antique Umbertine / Victorian Photo Album with Cabinet Cards – Late 19th Century
Antique photo album, datable between 1870 and 1900, complete with 35 cabinet-card photographs, 14 larger portraits, and 13 empty slots. The album features an elaborate leather cover (or period substitute) elegantly debossed and blind-stamped with elaborate geometric and floral motifs on the front board and a refined floral ornament on the back board. The item is missing the side metal closure clasp.
Inside are preserved era-appropriate albumen photographic portraits mounted on stiff card, depicting gentlemen, ladies, and children in formal attire and classic studio poses.
Several pages bear floral printed decorations intended to enhance the corresponding photo.
The inner heavy-carton pages show signs of age and use. Noted are some tears, cracks, and various foxing. Nevertheless, the album retains its historical and collecting charm intact.
Antique Umbertine / Victorian Photo Album with Cabinet Cards – Late 19th Century
Antique photo album, datable between 1870 and 1900, complete with 35 cabinet-card photographs, 14 larger portraits, and 13 empty slots. The album features an elaborate leather cover (or period substitute) elegantly debossed and blind-stamped with elaborate geometric and floral motifs on the front board and a refined floral ornament on the back board. The item is missing the side metal closure clasp.
Inside are preserved era-appropriate albumen photographic portraits mounted on stiff card, depicting gentlemen, ladies, and children in formal attire and classic studio poses.
Several pages bear floral printed decorations intended to enhance the corresponding photo.
The inner heavy-carton pages show signs of age and use. Noted are some tears, cracks, and various foxing. Nevertheless, the album retains its historical and collecting charm intact.
Details
Date of print
1890
Artist
Studi fotografici nazionali
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Album fotografico d'epoca Umbertina con Foto Cabinet – Fine XIX Secolo- Italia
Condition
Very good
Technique
Albumen paper process
Height
34 cm
Width
27 cm
Signature
Not signed
Genre
Portrait
