French Antique Photo Album -pre WWI.

Description

This is a very special piece and I would love to see someone make something beautiful with it or treasure it as a collector's piece. This antique French photo album belonged to a family in Burgundy (Bourgogne). Letters and photographs from the album date from 1903-1914 (the papers & photos are not included with purchase of the album). It is covered in what appears to be a textured deep green leather with golden design embellishing the corners. Pieces of its silver side latch remain partially intact. It is in good but not perfect condition. Please note there is a small scratch on the cover (quite small-on the upper right side below golden design). The interior is also in good condition with frames of various shapes and sizes that you can easily slide your own drawings or photographs into. There are ten thick pages featuring front and back page frames. The pages feature gold bindings around the three visible sides of the pages. The pages are a sky blue color with a delicate floral design printed around the edge of the frames. There are four oval portrait-sized frames, six rectangular portrait frames and 8 pages of small rectangular photo frames (the small frames are four per page). The album measures 11 inches long x 8.5 inches across. The frame sizes are as follows: oval portrait frames are 6 in. x 4 in., rectangular portrait frames are 6 in. x 4 in., small size frames are 3 in. x 2 in.

Added on Nov 29, 2009