Antique Framed Art Postcard, “The Sleep of the Nymph” designed for storing and pouring

designed for storing and pouring walnut oil

Kept on the writing desk of a cultivated French household

foundresse believes that natural aging from use and time is what makes them special

it organised the tools of correspondence — paper

antique French linens

Antique Framed Art Postcard, “The Sleep of the Nymph” designed for storing and pouringAn early 20th century antique postcard of The Sleep of the Nymph by A. Hanriot, mounted on its original antique wooden board and set inside a painted antique frame with raised Rococo scrollwork. The postcard has an embossed texture applied after printing to mimic the weave and impasto of real canvas, a finish commonly used to elevate art postcards of this period. The frame and board are original to the era and the piece reads as a unified antique