A truly rare find. A Grand album de Chapeaux! Original antique, large art foilio of French hats, with many stunning hand colored plates. Plus inside is the original tissue paper pattern for copying many of the style shown. MODISTE UNIVERSALLE, Grand Edition de Chapeaux Modeles. The year is 1909. The French couture hats are marvelous to see, with colors so rich and deep and bright that seem to jump off of the page. They actually glow and are very finely detailed. Published by Abel Goubad, Fondateur. 3 Rue de Sptembre, Paris. Each color giclee print is large and on good sturdy heavy quality art paper, worthy of framing. The folio measures 16 1/2″ tall by 12 1/2″ wide. With the illustrated plates are pages of text, in French. With descriptions of each hat, which is a nice thing to have with the prints. Each gorgeous chapeau (hat) is a work of millinery art, each from a famous milliners of the Rue de la Paix district in Paris, and home to the salons of Worth, Caroline Reboux, Christiane, Virot, and others. There are 12 pages of color hats, some feature 1 large hat, a few have 2 or more hats, (these are single sided) and one double page of color hats (with black and white hats on the back). Color Plates in very good condition with minimal to no foxing a few pages have edge wear or dark spots along left inner edge. Clean, complete, and odor free, smoke free home, have been very well stored. All pages and inside contents are original, I do not show all of the pages, that is for the new owner to see only. Prints are MUCH nicer than my blurry photos can show. I offer it here at a price well below market value, and will entertain reasonable offers. This to be fair to all interested buyers. One of the “Holy Grails” for many millinery collectors, this would make a memorable gift and would be a one in a life time find that will be treasured for generations. Will be well and lovingly packed, boxed, tracked and sent fully insured. The item “Large Orig 1909 PARIS Millinery COLOR Folio Hats w Patterns MODISTE UNIVERSALLE” is in sale since Thursday, July 4, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “isadorafedora” and is located in Long Beach, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Date of Creation: 1900-1949
• Year: 1909
• Width (Inches): 12 1/2
• Subject: French Hat Chapeaux Millinery Fashion Paris
• Originality: Original
• Height (Inches): 16 3/4
• Print Surface: Paper

Tags: color, folio, hats, large, millinery, modiste, orig, paris, patterns, universalle