Pellerin Imagerie d’Epinal rare vintage French toy paper
model and construction - size Petit (small) from Imagerie d’Epinal Pellerin,
Epinal, France
This is an original pochoir (highly refined technique of
making fine limited editions of stencil prints, often called hand coloring, or
hand illustration) was created by hand via the Pellerin family in France
Not a reproduction
Constructions: Pellerin
is one of the originators of toy paper models of any kind. They are also called
constructions. They are usually in color. The antique models include many
French buildings, many foreign buildings but with a particular preference for
buildings in the French Empire, so that Indo-China and North Africa are
particularly well represented. In addition to buildings themselves, there are
lots of interior rooms with furniture.
Dimensions Grande (Large)
Constructions: 15"x19"
Dimensions Moyenne (Medium) Constructions: 11½"x15½"
Dimensions Petite (Small) Constructions: 9"x
11½"
In
1796, Jean Charles Pellerin set up the “Imagerie d’Epinal” In France. Printed
on Arches paper, pochoir (hand painted using templates) woodcuts of military
subjects, Napoleonic history, storybook and folk characters, as well as flyers
for businesses and political parties, alphabet literature and other educational
materials, riddles, illustrated songs, and paper cutouts were widely
distributed throughout the 19th century.
Provenance:
From the residual estate inventory of The Golden Griffin Gallery/Arts Inc.,
operated in New York City, New York from the 1950s to the 1970s. In the
1950s, the Gallery formed a partnership with Pellerin Imagerie, becoming the
sole distributor for Pellerin Imagerie in North America. The Estate is now in possession of the residual inventory.
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