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Porte lettre ou carte de visite en laiton, circa 1960-1970
Porte lettre ou carte de visite en laiton, circa 1960-1970

Porte lettre ou carte de visite en laiton, circa 1960-1970

Located in Meyrin, Switzerland

Porte carte de visite, lettre ou carton d’invitation… en laiton, circa 1970.

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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1865-1885 Antoine Maître French Leather-Bound Family Photo Album with Photos
1865-1885 Antoine Maître French Leather-Bound Family Photo Album with Photos

1865-1885 Antoine Maître French Leather-Bound Family Photo Album with Photos

Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES

Inside are fourteen original albumen carte de visite portraits depicting members of what was likely the same extended French bourgeois family.

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Antique 19th Century French Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Golf Print, Royal North Devon Golf Club, Photogravure of Westward Ho
Antique Golf Print, Royal North Devon Golf Club, Photogravure of Westward Ho

Antique Golf Print, Royal North Devon Golf Club, Photogravure of Westward Ho

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall (1813-1901) was an English photographer who in 1860 took the first carte-de-visite photographs of Queen Victoria.

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Antique 1890s British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

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Rare Civil War Era American Photograph Album with Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDV
Rare Civil War Era American Photograph Album with Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDV

Rare Civil War Era American Photograph Album with Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDV

Located in San Diego, CA

The album contains a substantial collection of 19th-century photographic portraits, including numerous men in military dress, several identified by handwritten inscriptions, multiple...

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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Prints

Materials

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Large Carte De Visite Child and Dog Maine
Large Carte De Visite Child and Dog Maine

Large Carte De Visite Child and Dog Maine

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H 6 in W 4 in D 0.1 in

Large Carte De Visite Child and Dog Maine

Located in North Beninngton, VT

Large CDV or carte de visite of child with her dog by a Maine photographer.

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Antique 1880s American Photography

Monumental Venetian Carved and Painted Singe Carte De Visite Holder
Monumental Venetian Carved and Painted Singe Carte De Visite Holder

Monumental Venetian Carved and Painted Singe Carte De Visite Holder

Located in Natchez, MS

Large carved Singe (Monkey) sitting on a pile of rockes with vines holding a plate and wearing a jacket, scarf and hat.

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Antique 19th Century Italian Animal Sculptures

Materials

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Exceptional Folk Art Marquetry Stand with Tri-fold Mirror
Exceptional Folk Art Marquetry Stand with Tri-fold Mirror

Exceptional Folk Art Marquetry Stand with Tri-fold Mirror

Located in Manalapan, NJ

Exceptional folk marquetry stand decorated with carte de visite family photographs and a beveled tri-fold mirror.

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Antique 19th Century American Dressers

"The  Fairy Wedding Group" , 1863  Tom Thumb by Mathew Brady
"The  Fairy Wedding Group" , 1863  Tom Thumb by Mathew Brady

"The Fairy Wedding Group" , 1863 Tom Thumb by Mathew Brady

By Mathew Brady

Located in San Francisco, CA

Original Carte-de-Visite Photograph of the Wedding of General Tom Thumb.  

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Antique 19th Century American Photography

Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Of Rome Italy Ebony & Ivory Frame
Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Of Rome Italy Ebony & Ivory Frame

Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Of Rome Italy Ebony & Ivory Frame

Located in South Coast, CA

The aperture is for a carte de visite size photo, which helps us date the frame to 1840-60 when the carte de visite photographs were popular.

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Antique 19th Century Italian Picture Frames

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Theodore Roosevelt Banner with an Exquisite Portrait Image in Rough Rider's Garb
Theodore Roosevelt Banner with an Exquisite Portrait Image in Rough Rider's Garb

Theodore Roosevelt Banner with an Exquisite Portrait Image in Rough Rider's Garb

Located in York County, PA

He was the inventor of the Carte de Visite (CDV) photograph and eventually became photographer to the stars.

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Antique Early 1900s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Carte de Visite B & G Moses New Orleans La. - Woman Equestrian Fashion - 1883
Carte de Visite B & G Moses New Orleans La. - Woman Equestrian Fashion - 1883

Carte de Visite B & G Moses New Orleans La. - Woman Equestrian Fashion - 1883

Located in Rochester, NY

Carte de Visite by photographers B & G Moses ( Bernard and Gustave Moses ) 424 Canal Street - New Orleans, Louisiana.- dated 1883.

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Antique 1880s American Photography

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century English Mother of Pearl Business Card Case
Late 19th Century English Mother of Pearl Business Card Case

Late 19th Century English Mother of Pearl Business Card Case

Located in Chicago, IL

Carved mother of pearl carte de visite (business card) case. England, circa 1870.

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Antique Late 19th Century English Decorative Boxes

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Set of 2 Antique Portraits of Jefferson Davis
Set of 2 Antique Portraits of Jefferson Davis

Set of 2 Antique Portraits of Jefferson Davis

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H 6.3 in W 4.34 in D 0.02 in

Set of 2 Antique Portraits of Jefferson Davis

Located in Langweer, NL

Cabinet photograph, by Howell, New York, circa 1880. 2) Carte-de-visite portrait. publ. by E. Anthony (New York, circa 1865).

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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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1904 Dutch Souvenir Tramp Art Picture Frame Folk Art Belgium WW1 Soldier Antique
1904 Dutch Souvenir Tramp Art Picture Frame Folk Art Belgium WW1 Soldier Antique

1904 Dutch Souvenir Tramp Art Picture Frame Folk Art Belgium WW1 Soldier Antique

Located in Sherborne, Dorset

Included within the frame is a hand-tinted photograph /carte de visite of Soldier Henri De Latte 1881-1962.

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Antique Early 1900s Belgian Folk Art Picture Frames

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VENETIAN MOORE CARTE DE VISITE HOLDER
VENETIAN MOORE CARTE DE VISITE HOLDER

VENETIAN MOORE CARTE DE VISITE HOLDER

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H 18 in W 12 in D 8 in

VENETIAN MOORE CARTE DE VISITE HOLDER

Located in Natchez, MS

Venetian Carved wood Carte de Visite holder with tray.

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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

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Sizeable Collection of 28 Victorian Framed Ambrotype & Daguerrotype Portraits
Sizeable Collection of 28 Victorian Framed Ambrotype & Daguerrotype Portraits

Sizeable Collection of 28 Victorian Framed Ambrotype & Daguerrotype Portraits

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The ambrotype was introduced in the early 1850's and had a short-lived appearance before the popular carte de visite photograph took hold, and by 1864 the ambrotype had faded in popu...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Photography

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Optical Glass

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