Illustrated Handbill advertising Furniture Designs
by GIEG, J. Frederic
(FURNITURE HANDBILL) GIEG, J. Frederic. Illustrated Handbill advertising Furniture Designs. Strasbourg: Lith. de D. Baltzer, (circa 1850). Lithograph printed handbill ( 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches). Rare printed furniture handbill not listed on OCLC. A fine lithographic illustrated furniture broadside advertising French furniture designs. The broadside shows the furniture (chairs, sofas, divans, bed, arm chairs, etc.) the Strasbourg merchant J. Frederic Gieg who traded from the rue des Noyers. the broadside he styles himself "Tapissier et Marchand de Meubles" and advertises also to deal in textiles and fabrics, "Passementerie et Etoffes en tous genres," and the various furniture designs also display a wide variety o upholstery fabric styles as well. Handbill illustrates 21 furniture designs, each one captioned, printed on thin paper stock; a few scattered faint spots, vertical and horizontal shallow folding crease, but generally in very good condition. (Inventory #: 39880)