Details
Original commercial invoice issued by Fruchier Toussaint, a Parisian manufacturer of stereoscopes, dated 1873. The printed letterhead advertises the company’s production of stereoscopes en tous genres, monocles and albums, while the handwritten entries record the sale of several stereoscopes and the corresponding prices, including a trade discount. The stereoscopes are identified by model numbers, suggesting that they were likely listed in a catalogue, although no catalogue by Fruchier Toussaint has yet been identified.
Historical Context
Fruchier & Toussaint was a manufacturer of stereoscopes. The company patented in 1866 a hand-held stereoscope with a rack-and-pinion focusing mechanism. In 1873, Léopold Lévy joined the company.
Toussaint and Lévy left the firm in 1879, after which Fruchier continued the business with a new partner under the name Fruchier & Pottier.
(from: Compendium of Stereoscopes)
