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€ 1.500
Sold
€ 2.322
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Wooden theatre with paper curtain made in Germany. It bears the name of Giuseppe Verdi and his effigy. Complete with 65 boards printed on four-colour paper to be used as backdrops and wings of 24 different settings. They were mounted on a wooden frame: the plates were made by the company J.F. Schreiber of Stuttgart, some plates are signed by Theodor Guggenberger (1866 - 1929) a theatre painter. Both interiors and landscapes are depicted.
List of subjects and number of plates:
Theatre scene: 1 panel
Toy Warehouse: 3 panels
Polar Landscape: 3 panels
Winter Landscape: 3 panels
Castle on fire: 1 panel
Cave of Snakes: 3 panels
Ship: 2 panels
Royal Castle: 3 panels
Indian Palace: 3 panels
Villa: 3 panels
Kitchen: 2 panels
Wooded gorge: 2 panels
By the Sea: 2 panels
Tropical forest: 2 panels
Living room: 3 panels
Stuttgart Church: 2 panels
Wolf Gorge: 2 panels