Geszler collection prints

[bitsy]

my boyfriend bought these for me at a local antique store. They were printed around 1901, the cards themselves were bigger then my scanner bed thus the less then ideal quality. I hope you find these inspiring or helpful! I know I have.

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-Sarah

[dawnluckham]

Sarah, these are really lovely! Thank you so much for sharing them with us! I especially enjoy the obvious transition over the years.

What more do you know about the prints other than they were reprints about 1901? What does Gezler collection mean? How large are the prints exactly?

What a brilliant gift! Your boyfriend must be very clever!

[bitsy]

The best I can gather, and someone is more then welcome to correct me if I'm wrong, is that Geszler was some sort of fashion publication that published a book of plates as a century review in 1901. Each print has "Collection Gezler" across the top and "Fashions of the 19th century" at the bottom in French, German, and English. The prints are 10x13 in size.

-Sarah