Diableries French Tissue Stereoview Vintage, 44 Ressurection, Rare

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Diableries French Tissue Stereoview Vintage, 44 Ressurection, Rare:
$200.00

A44 Ressurection from series A. Please note the condition in the photos. If you unsure about the condition I have no problem with providing additional photos. There a few dark spots on both views, but not many. Also, there is a tear in the left view on one of lighting bolts. Slight wear on the view. Overall in good condition. What are Diablerie French Tissue stereo cards. FRENCH TISSUES, constructed in a special way to enable them to be viewed (in a stereoscope) illuminated from the front, for a normal \'day\' appearance in monochrome, or illuminated from the back, transforming the view into a \'night\' scene, in which hidden colours magically appear, and the eyes of the skeletons leap out in red, in a most macabre way.Diableries were made in clay, on a table-top, with amazing skill, by a small bunch of gifted sculptors, and then photographed with a stereo camera. The resulting stereo pair of prints was made on thin albumen paper, and water-colours were applied - not to the front surface, as in the case of normal stereo cards, but to the back of the prints. The eyes of each skeleton were then pricked out with a sharp instrument, and small pieces of red gel, or blobs of reddened varnish, were applied to the back of the pricked holes. Behind this pair of prints was added a layer of tissue paper, which hid the \'works\' to the rear surface of the view. The print and the backing tissue were then mounted together, sandwiched between two cardboard frames - each with twin cut-out \'windows\' for the prints, and the whole was glued together to make a French Tissue stereo card.
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