Screen, Art Nouveau Screen Raphael Tuck & Sons London

Small screen with art nouveau floral decoration with four panels signed Raphael Tuck & Sons Delivery 30 euros Raphael Tuck & Sons is probably the most important British postcard publishing company of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. History Of Prussian origin where he was born in 1821, Raphael Tuck, who had already created a company in Prussia, moved to England with his wife and seven children in 1865. He opened a supply store for painters in the Bishopgate district. in London in 1866 and his business grew so well that three of his sons joined him. The company then became Raphael Tuck & Sons. Episodes from a marriage at Gretna Green, three Oilette postcards by Raphael Tuck, early 20th century. Its emblem represents an easel, a palette, colors and a brush. The company published its first Christmas cards in 1871. At the start of the 20th century the company had a collection of nearly 40,000 postcards. Subsequently the company will also publish children's books; animated books, decoupage books and paper dolls. One of its most extraordinary publications was the Queen Mary Doll's House decoupage book published in 1924. In 1893, the company received the royal warrant from Queen Victoria and then in 1901 the royal warrant from King Edward VII and she kept it until the 1950s. In 1903 he launched his series of Oilette cards based on paintings and a patented printing process. In Paris, the company is located at 19 rue de Paradis in the 10th arrondissement. On December 29, 1940 during the Blitz, the workshops were completely destroyed by a bomb; the original drawings, lithographic stones and machines disappeared. The company will produce more drawn cards than photographic ones, it will call on recognized artists such as Henry Wimbush, Louis Wain, Cicely Mary Barker, the caricaturist Phil May, Béatrice Mallet and members of the Royal Academy.