Vintage ephemera : from the collection of Cavallini & Co. / / Brian D. Coleman ; photographs by William Wright

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796025303321
• Autore: Coleman Brian D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Layton, Utah : , : Gibbs Smith, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4236-3365-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 686
• Soggetti: Printed ephemera
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Foreword""; ""The Story of Cavallini""; ""Animals""; ""Bon Voyage""; ""Christmas""; ""Curiosities""; ""Flora and Fauna""; ""Letters and Correspondence""; ""Maps""; ""Italy""; ""London""; ""Paris""; ""New York""; ""San Francisco""
• Sommario/riassunto: Cavallini is one of the best-known companies for high-quality gift and stationery products. They have been producing everything from calendars to wrapping papers for 25 years. Designs are based on ephemera from all walks of life-charming vintage post cards of the Eiffel Tower, centuries-old hand-colored engravings of birds and flowers, rare maps and prints, amusing early twentieth-century advertisements and trade materials.From the hottest world travel destinations-Bon Voyage, San Francisco, New York, London, Italy and Paris-to popular themes such as Christmas, Flora and Fauna and Animals, thi