Ephemera

 

French la Vie, Corey Amaro: Ephemera

 

French Ephemera.

I have a thing for it.

Crazy truth.

Whenever I see old French paper I have to stop to check it out.

 

 

French la Vie, Corey Amaro: Ephemera

 

 

Name cards, invitations, announcements…

Bits of a history of a story once lived.

 

 

The French Muse: Ephemera

 

 

Menus from weddings, birthdays, baptisms, anniversaries…

 

 

French la Vie, Corey Amaro: Ephemera

 

Handwritten music.

 


French la Vie, Corey Amaro: Ephemera

French Antique Ephemera

 

Journals, magazines, patterns, notebooks –

 

French Antique Ephemera

 

King's announcements, protocol, old book pages, pieces of history on cotton wad paper.

 

French Antique Ephemera

 

Book pages

Dictionaries

Bibles

 

French la Vie, Corey Amaro: Ephemera

 

Stacks that appear as artwork to me.

 

 

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Photo via Lorna 2015

 

The amazing book I bought from the man I have called, "The Paper Guy" for years.

Once upon a time I found … dated 1739 from King Louis the 13th. It was one of the best things I have ever found. 

 

 

French Antique papers ephemera

 

Documents , legal transactions, inheritance ledgers,

dowries,

baptismal records-

I love it all especially if it is on cotton, with black ink script and earlier than the 18th century.

 

 

French Antique papers ephemera

 

Books without covers, exposing a certain je ne sais quoi?

 

 

French Ephemera old letters

French Ephemera old letters

 

French Ephemera old letters

 

 



Comments

7 responses to “Ephemera”

  1. Incredible life, Corey, incredible. To walk in your shoes for one French day.
    I have a lot of your ephemera, drawers filled. Untouchable piles. Framed some, photograph others. Without you, I would not loved these rare pieces of France. Bless you.

  2. I do like paper and stop to look, but rarely buy. Oh the textures and feel of old paper and books.

  3. well I am speechless…..I would want it ALL!!

  4. As a paper fanatic and book artist, I would faint on t spot!

  5. ipostale@gmail.com

    Corey, Are you sellng the “M” paper/frame in the second picture on this post?

  6. jend’isère

    Paper with all of its potential to express words, numbers, designs and doodles!
    Love how emphemera ages into antique.

  7. Brenda, Walker, LA

    I could take a shelf of the patina on those old books without their covers!!

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