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Antique French Postcards & Religious Ephemera Collection – Early 1900s – Celluloid & Mixed Media
Interesting mixed collection of antique French-language postcards, greeting cards, religious devotional keepsakes, and decorative paper ephemera, primarily from the early 20th century.
This assortment features a variety of period materials and decorative techniques, including:
• Early translucent celluloid-style and vellum-like cards• Embossed and gold-decorated postcards• Beautiful floral and raised decorative embellishments• Applied flowers, feathers, ribbons, and textured details• Antique French greeting and New Year cards• Catholic religious and devotional imagery• First Communion and Sacred Heart keepsakes• Original handwritten correspondence• Vintage stamped and addressed postcards
Several pieces feature dated correspondence, including examples from 1907 and a 1924 New Year greeting.
The collection includes a charming assortment of designs, materials, and formats typical of early 20th-century decorative postcards and French-language religious ephemera.
MATERIALS:Mixed antique paper, cardstock, translucent celluloid-style material, and applied decorative elements. Exact composition of individual pieces has not been verified.
CONDITION:Antique pre-owned condition with age-related wear, discoloration, foxing, creases, softened corners, and occasional damage. Some pieces feature fragile or brittle materials and delicate applied decorations.
Everything is offered as found, without restoration or cleaning.
Please review all photographs carefully for exact contents and condition.
Sold together as one mixed collection. You will receive the exact assortment pictured.
An appealing historical group for collectors of antique postcards, early celluloid ephemera, French-language correspondence, religious memorabilia, and Victorian/Edwardian decorative arts.