1880s New Orleans Mardi Gras Private Ball Invitations

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1880s New Orleans Mardi Gras Private Ball Invitations:
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Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, saleeers & other industry professionals. You won\'t receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations (1880s New Orleans Private Ball Invitations) by: Henri SchindlerISBN:1565547225Book Title:Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden AgeAuthor:Henri SchindlerBinding:Hard Cover with dust jacketCopyright:2000Pages:160Size:8.75 x 11.25 in.

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Though Mardi Gras had been celebrated in New Orleans for many years, the Golden Age of Carnival artistry began in the 1870s, and was marked by shimmering pageants and opulent private balls. These balls were attended by invitation only, and the invitations were as lushly executed as the balls and pageants themselves.

Over two hundred invitations, dance cards, and admit cards are assembled here, with the vivid and mysterious artwork drawn from subjects in mythology, history, whimsy, and nature, by artists who often toiled in anonymity.

New Orleans collectibles, and especially Mardi Gras collectibles, continue to be popular worldwide. This gorgeous volume of vintage Mardi Gras ball invitations, dance cards, and admit cards shows off just what kinds of collectibles are still available. For the noncollector, this book offers a wonderful look back on the glories of Carnival art.

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