"Napoleon III Letter Holder Japanese Style"
The fashion was for Japonism, office accessories did not escape it… Even the letter holders in boiled cardboard, lacquered in black, offered orientalist scenes to be at the top of fashion. Proud that he was the grandfather behind his desk… to store his mail in this delicate support. The three compartments made it possible to separate the intimate from the business without doubt… A few minimal traces of use prove the antiquity of this object. 
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato