Featured WHAT IS THIS? 1920's HANDMADE CHILD'S BOOK? SOUVENIR BOOK?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Dec 27, 2019.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found this in a storage unit won at auction - what is it?
    My first thought was a child's homemade book with hand drawn pictures - except the drawings don't look like they were made by a child - and until I saw Souvenir written on a couple of pages near the end.
    And since it's in French it doesn't help!
    What is this?
    What are the different "Souvenir" pages with different dates?
    Any thoughts would be appreciated.

    book handmade 1a.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 2.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 2A.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 4.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 5.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 6A.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 7A.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 7AAA.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 8A.JPG BOOK HANDMADE 8AA.JPG
     
  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is an album where friends and relatives write and draw rhymes and mementoes, we call it a 'poezie album'.
    In this case 'souvenir' means memento, something to remember the friend by. The last one, 'Souvenir d'une camarade d'atelier' was made by a friend (female comrade) from a studio.

    The owner had some artistic friends, it is worth looking into that.
    @kyratango , do any of the names look familiar to you?
     
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  3. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Any value for these?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Depends on who the artistic friends are. Let's wait for the others.
    Some are amateur, but it would be worth photographing every signature that accompanies a quality sketch, you never know who Jane knew.
     
  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Looks like at least some were art school friends. Jane's cousin Suzanne did this one:

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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Too charming.

    Debora
     
  7. ulilwitch

    ulilwitch Well-Known Member

    That is just beautiful.
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I've seen autograph books here like that, I love them.
     
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  9. FlowingHair

    FlowingHair Active Member

    This is an absolutely beautiful find!
     
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  10. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    Dessins = drawings. Very nice.
     
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  11. FlowingHair

    FlowingHair Active Member

    I find l’accident quite interesting and could see that there could perhaps may be a possibility to find more about the artist. Would you mind sending a clearer close up of the signature?
     
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  12. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

  13. FlowingHair

    FlowingHair Active Member

    Thank you journeymagazine,

    unfortunately i have made rather sad finds
    on the name search.
    If it is the person I have found it explains why there isn’t much to find as she didn’t turn very old.

    I just think it is an absolutely beautiful sketch!
     
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  14. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Such a pity.
    It is, she was very talented. Posting it here is a small testimony of her talent.
     
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    FlowingHair Active Member

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