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The Champs-Élysées from the Place de la Concorde
Bellows opt…
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The Champs-Élysées from the Place de la Concorde
Bellows opt…
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Lot no. 613 - 1
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The Champs-Élysées from the Place de la Concorde
Bellows optical view - France, circa 1820-1840
A rare animated optical view made up of six successive planes cut out and mounted on bellows, forming a scene in depth to be observed through an oculus pierced in the cover.
The finely perforated intermediate plates reveal the last one, depicting the Avenue des Champs-Élysées as seen from the Place de la Concorde.
It shows a scene of elegant strolling, animated by cabriolets, carriages, horsemen, bourgeois and nobles strolling under the trees of the avenue, typical of 19thᵉ century worldly Paris. The first and last plates, mounted on cardboard, form the hard slipcase.
Condition: wear and rubbing to the cover, minor wear restorations to the paper, otherwise fine original condition and complete with all its views.
Dimensions: 14 × 16 cm (closed) / 55 cm (unfolded)
Technique: Six cut-out polychrome lithographs, mounted on gussets, strong cardboard box.
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