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Original French advertising trade card from the Parisian department store À la Ville de Saint-Denis, circa 1890. Illustrated by F. Appel, depicting a young man in traditional Alsatian costume.
This antique advertising trade card from the Parisian department store À la Ville de Saint-Denis depicts a young man wearing traditional costume from Alsace, a historic region in eastern France.
Illustrated by F. Appel and believed to date from around 1890, the card is an example of the colourful advertising prints distributed by French department stores in the late 19th century.
Details
Issuer: À la Ville de Saint-Denis, Paris
Title: Alsacien
Illustrator: F. Appel
Date: circa 1890
Dimensions: approximately 7.5 × 12 cm
Condition: good, with slight age-related wear and discolouration along the edges. Glue residue on the reverse.
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