Mourning visit cards
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Inventory number
2021.11.8.9ay.BM.OT.C1900.FRDescription
Set of 25 mouring visiting cards of French aristocratic families printed on cardboard in various sizes and printed between 1879 to 1935, some with a handwritten message. There is the visiting cards from Countess de MALHERBE, Count of SLAIBES D'HUST, Count Guillaume de RAINCOURT, Count of SERAINCOURT, Count and Countess Robert de GUERNY (respectful and very deep condolences), Count and Countess of BONNEUIL (sincere condolences), 2 of Count and Countess de BONVOULOIR, 2 de Comte Paul de CORBERON (1 with "very sincere condolences"), Count and Countess Guilhem de POTHUAU, Count Guilhem de POTHUAU (Lieutenant at the 25th Dragron), Vicountess d'HEROUVILLE (with the expression of his deep sympathy for the sorrow of his cousin Roger DUMONT who gave him such great compassion the other day. Paris, January 27, 1908), Vicount Horace SEBASTIANI (Lawyer, Doctor in law of the faculty of Paris), Baroness of MALINGUEHEN (Sorrowful and sympathetic condolences), Baroness of QUESNOY (née MONTFAUCON), Baron and Baroness of BARANTE, Baron Hilmar von ENDE (P.C (can be P.P.C. for "Pour Prendre Congé" For going away) , Baroness EVAIN (assurance of sad sympathy, Nancy), Baron and Baroness Henry of ESPALUNGUE (with their sincere condolences), Mons Gaetano BISLETI (Maestro di Camera di Sua Santita), Monsieur et Madame Paul BUFFAULT (avec leur douloureuse sympathie), Monsieur et Madame de MAINDREVILLE, Monsieur et Madame Rodolphe Ô KELLY de GALWAY (ont l'honneur d'offrir à monsieur le Capitaine James Ô KELLY de NEWTOWN et à son honorable famille leurs sincères compliments de condoléances, Mademoiselle A. du CASTEL.These cards are mourning visit cards, not condolence cards. In the 19th century, especially in the second half, Victorian society greatly codified all aspects of daily life, and among them mourning. The rules of etiquette around mourning also apply to the visiting card, which indicates by the width of the black frame the degree of mourning.
The mourning visit card of the Countess of MALHERBE is folded at the bottom left. This tradition indicates that she went personally to the funeral and that she left flowers.
Material
CarboardOrigin
circa 1900 FranceDimensions
Length : 11 cmHeight : 7 cm
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Folded visit cardsSEBASTIANI family mourning visit cards