Double frame sold by some stationers. The top medallion was intended to contain the silhouette portrait of the person who either had their name engraved in the bottom frame, or used it to write wishes, compliments, invitations, etc (XVIII century).
From Papeterie & papetiers de l’ancien temps (Stationery and stationers of the past), by John Grand-Carteret, Paris, 1913.
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The Rue du Paon.
Achille Granchi-Taylor, from Ninety-three vol. 1, by Victor Hugo, London, New York, 1889.
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