A place for show-and-tell, wondering aloud, and wandering the trails of curiosity . . . Comments, corrrections, additional information, fresh insights, other interpretations, more images, or related observations will be welcomed!
Trade card. This sample card is especially interesting for a couple reasons. It seems that what we now generally call folders or trade card folders
were known at the time as "folding cards". Also, in addition to the Egyptian, Oriental, Japanesque, Chinoise, etc, styles, there was also a Pompeiian style.