Book of secrets - Storage box from Maison Merci Louis
A trompe-l'œil book with interior hiding place
Book of secrets - Storage box from Maison Merci Louis
A trompe-l'œil book with interior hiding place.
Antique in appearance, it is produced sheet by sheet and bound with a leather spine.
The cover is an 18th-century engraving by Jean Pillement devoted to "extraordinary flowers".
The interior reveals a box in which to hide all your secrets.
Total dimensions: 29.5x 20×7 cm Weight: 950g
Cache dimensions: 21x15cm Depth: 6cm
Stamped letter-envelope of the Second Empire
Dated from 1852-1870
Forgotten Book Notebook by Maison Merci Louis
Large model
Dimensions: 15x20cm - 120 blank pages
Letter clamp on stand
Clamp on stand featuring a gentleman's gloved hand to display a menu, a photo, a letter, a drawing... and reinvent the Art of hanging, Cabinet of Curiosities style!
The height of the stem is adjustable.
Antique manual pharmacy stamp - BERTHIER Pharmacy
The rubber base, engraved in relief, reads: ‘Pharmacie de BERTHIER / rue de Phalsbourg / PARIS’.
Sturdy metal frame and ergonomic handle made from turned blackened wood
Black lacquered boiled cardboard sewing box with Japanese-inspired decoration circa 1860-1880
From the Société Française des Cotons à Coudre
19th century - Napoleon III era - Japonism period
Flaw: traces of ancient adhesive residue as seen in the photos
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
BLUE color
Postcard
Fantastic creatures and Metamorphoses by Camille Renversade
Large sheet of aged blank paper - Sold individually
From Maison Merci Louis
Dimensions: 45x32cm - Off-white - 100% cotton
Decayed book notebook of Merci Louis manufacturer - Fleur de Lys model
Entirely handmade in cotton paper with irregular edges, all pages are aged and yellowed
Blank notebook
The Apothecary’s Little Drawer
Small antique wooden apothecary’s drawer that can be used as a storage box – Trade drawer
Handcrafted using traditional methods, with dovetail joints and a turned wooden handle
Width: 26cm - Length: 15.5cm - Height: 5.5cm
All the drawers are different, with stains and varying signs of age on each one
Sold empty, without accessories
Artist's sketchbook - Leather binding by Maison Merci Louis
Dimensions: 26.5x38.5cm - 48 pages
Blank pages
Photo album - Herbarium
Antique mechanical date stamp with rotating discs
Light wooden handle and metal frame.
The metal mechanism is in working order, but the rotating rubber date bands are original, dry and cracked, and in some places broken (printing functionality not guaranteed).
Sold for decorative purposes.
Decayed book notebook of Merci Louis manufacturer - Small model
Entirely handmade in cotton paper with irregular edges, all pages are aged and yellowed
Blank notebook
The Pharmacist's Dispensary Inkwell
Moulded glass safety inking pot - Late 19th century
sold without a pen
Book of secrets - Storage box from Maison Merci Louis
A trompe-l'œil book with interior hiding place
