Verandering van woonste : Chs. Everts & Cie : van Kronenberg (Pruyssen) : magazyn van alle soorten van yzer-waeren.
Published / Created:
[Place of publication not identified] : L. Defferrez. Sablon 12, Gand. [1840s?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 21 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
"The subtle iridescent colours of these 1840s Belgian trade cards, lithographed on porcelain-coated card, were created by metallic dust which was applied when the glue-based printing ink was still wet. When the hazardous nature of the practice (it is said that the dust contained mercury) was realised in the 1860s, production ceased ..."--A Nation of Shopkeepers. (The Bodleian Library : 2001).