Lot Essay
The provision of the septum and lateral movement of the front lens panel indicates that the camera could be used for making stereo pairs.
Details
E. DEYROLLE, Paris
An 18 x 12cm. Scénographe collapsable camera no. 22 with wood-body, removable wood supporting struts, metal fittings, metal swinging viewfinder sight, green cloth bellows, Japanned-metal septum, the lens panel with pressed-metal discs Scénographe. Brevete. No. 22 GDZ and A. Loiseau Fils, Paris. Concessionaire, brass bound lens and cap, wood and brass tripod mount and two double darkslides each sheath with applied paper label Scénographe, Brevete SGDG. Constructeur E. Deyrolle Fils, 35 rue du 4 Septembre, Paris...Vue de...Heure...Temps de Pose...État du Giel and a spare brass bound lens and cap.
An 18 x 12cm. Scénographe collapsable camera no. 22 with wood-body, removable wood supporting struts, metal fittings, metal swinging viewfinder sight, green cloth bellows, Japanned-metal septum, the lens panel with pressed-metal discs Scénographe. Brevete. No. 22 GDZ and A. Loiseau Fils, Paris. Concessionaire, brass bound lens and cap, wood and brass tripod mount and two double darkslides each sheath with applied paper label Scénographe, Brevete SGDG. Constructeur E. Deyrolle Fils, 35 rue du 4 Septembre, Paris...Vue de...Heure...Temps de Pose...État du Giel and a spare brass bound lens and cap.
Literature
Lothrop (1973), A Century of Cameras, p. 20.
Further details
See colour plate 3