Close-up, curio cabinet view. The collection of Monsieur d'Eros Selavie, Paris; photographed 1985; feature matchbook, circa 1930s; devilish Christmas tree ornament, circa 1910s; etched and decorated French, plastic pill box, circa 1920s. See the following posts for additional photographic details of the contents of these wonderful curio cabinets.
Another curio cabinet view from Monsieur d'Eros Selavie's collection of books, ephemera, photographs and objet d'art; Paris, 1985. Starting from the lower left corner: rectilinear, girning face photograph, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago 1933; miniature French photographs album circa 1900 filled with erotic images; brass, light refracting viewer, circa 1890s; die-cut lithographed eye, circa 1900; American pin-back button, circa 1910; circa 1910/1915 travel books in background; (along top edge) circa 1880s picture strip for praxinoscope; (along right side) pill box; pin-back buttons; American pin-up cigarette lighter, circa 1940s; die-cut clown scraps, circa 1915; circa 1910/1915 travel books in background; (book in center) La Silhouettes a la Main by R.Theo, Paris circa 1900.
