Set of FOUR 1950's Lional Barrymore dinner match sketch prints
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Back in the 1950's my father in law was presented with this set of 4 Lionel Barrymore dinner mat sketch prints by Como & LeFleur, Inc as a thank-you for a big business deal he made with them. He never used them and we only found them in storage recently while liquidating his estate.
We have the ORIGINAL big envelope that they were mailed in and they come with their ORIGINAL cover. They've been VERY WELL preserved and were stored in the envelope up against sturdy cardboard. These are actually collectible as art pieces and some people frame them. Although you could actually use them as placemats if you prefer as they are laminated. Each has the scene named on the bottom left hand side and the artist signature on the bottom right-hand side. Each is a black and white sketch (as opposed to the later "color translations" of his etchings put out by Masterpiece that you see more often).
Each placemat measures 17 1/2" by 11 1/2" See the many high-resolution pictures below for your inspection.
PLEASE NOTE: In the below pictures I apparently had some sort of "spots" on my camera lens....so disregard the black "spots" you see in the pictures......those are not spots on the items.
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PLEASE NOTE: In the below pictures I apparently had some sort of "spots" on my camera lens....so disregard the black "spots" you see in the pictures......those are not spots on the items.
The sunlight shining off the mat below makes it look like there is a "crease" to the upper left hand corner.....that is NOT a crease...just looks like it because of the glare o the sun
Here's what the back of each looks like