"Rare Folding Camera 13x18, Manufacture Gaumont Et Cie"
Folding camera 13x18, N.1862, Manufacture “L. Gaumont et Cie”. Around 1905. Léon Gaumont (1864-1946) was a French inventor, film producer and entrepreneur.
He founded the company L.Gaumont et Cie originally to deal with photographic equipment, then the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote a projector of its own production. Among the first important films produced were the soap operas Judex and Fantômas, the comedy series with Ernest Bourbon and Bébé with Renè Dary and the newsreels.
At various times, directors such as Abel Gance, Alfred Hitchcock and animation pioneer Émile Cohl worked for the house. Gaumont dominated the European film industry until the outbreak of the First World War.
Gaumont is still an independent production company and is recognized as one of France's leading producers and distributors, producing successful films such as Léon and The Fifth Element.
The camera is constructed of mahogany wood with brass inserts.
Excellent condition, complete with two levels of adjustment.
Original plate with manufacturing name.
Equipped with 3 mahogany frames.
Lens on central shutter system Guilbert n.1355, functional.
Device in very good condition with all the brass inserts present, various settings, everything works.
The bellows in burgundy leather is in very good condition.
Dimensions closed: 24x17x6 cm
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