Vintage French Imagerie Pellerin d Epinal Assorted Fairy Tale Blank Cards InvP

Description

Set of 14 vintage
Imagerie Pellerin d Epinal
blank greeting cards depicting images of fairy tales and folk tales. Excellent color and illustration. On Arches paper.
(2) Le Prince Engageant cards
(2) La Fee des Broussailles cards
(2) Zelie et le Prince Cheri cards
(3) L Oiseau Bleu cards
(2) Peau d Ane cards
(2) Riquet a la Houppe cards
(1) Cendrillon card
In 1796, Jean Charles Pellerin set up the Imagerie d Epinal and popularized printed images of everyday scenes. In 1810, Imagerie d Epinal make woodcuts of Napoleon printed on Arches paper. In 1880, Imagerie began to print flyers for businesses and political parties, alphabet literature and other educational materials, riddles, illustrated songs, paper cutouts and plates of soldiers. Between 1880 and WWI, Imagerie sold more than 10 million pictures per year worldwide and in many languages. These pochoir (hand painted using templates) woodcuts of military subjects, Napoleonic history, storybook characters and other folk themes were widely distributed throughout the 19th century.
Provenance: From the residual estate inventory of The Golden Griffin Gallery/Arts Inc.
The Golden Griffin Gallery operated in New York City from the 1940s to the 1970s. In the 1950s, the Gallery formed a partnership with Pellerin Imagerie, becoming the sole distributor for Pellerin Imagerie in North America.
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