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L'Ovale Droite ou Rectifiée (after Henri Boulanger Gray) by Christophe Adrien (Count) Regley de Koenigsegg
L'Ovale Droite ou Rectifiée (after Henri Boulanger Gray)
Christophe Adrien (Count) Regley de Koenigsegg
Title
L'Ovale Droite ou Rectifiée (after Henri Boulanger Gray)
Artist
Year
c. 1895 -1901
Technique
watercolor
Image Size
5 1/2 x 4 1/4"
Signature
not signed
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
"d'apres H. Gray" on backing sheet
Reference
ADEC 97c
Paper
white wove
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
13213
Price
$400.00
Description
After the advertising poster for L'Ovale hair pins, featuring a classic Victorian woman in a pink dressing gown, pinning up her hair before her mirror. The ad claims that it is the "best hairpin, never pricking the head." Hairpins of the type shown here were invented closer to 1901 with the patent of the modern "spiraled metal" hairpin by Ernest Godward of New Zealand.