May 30, 2012
19th Century Paper Theater Ephemera
by fosco lucarelli
50 Watts (*), Agence Eureka and Geheugen van Nederland made a great work collecting images and samples of 19th Century paper theaters.
Scenes from gothic gardens, prisons, battlefields, folk homes. Jean Charles Pellerin’s company created the “Grand Théâtre Nouveau,” in 1896, using a lithographic process and became the model for many other producers, with his decoupages of furnitures, people, animals, details and environments.
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