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Large Camera view in Walnut - Alibert Paris

Year: Circa 1890

Format 13x18cm

Alibert brand in Paris

Extra-Fast «Pipon» Golden Brass Lens

Black leather bellows

Price: 600€

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The French manufacturer Charles Alibert, born in 1848, moved to Paris at 12 Boulevard Saint Martin where he opened a shop as a camera manufacturer.

Its appliances are known for their reliability but also for the quality of their finishes.

Large Camera view in Walnut - Gilles Faller Paris

Year: Circa 1900
Format: 13x18

Brand: Gilles Faller Paris

Lens Anastigmat Gilles Faller
Price:  850€

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Tourist photo room in walnut, bellows in fawn leather.

30.5 cm wide, 35 cm high, 20 cm deep (closed).

 

Since the drawer rooms are always too large and heavy to carry, the manufacturers had the ingenious idea of placing a leather bellows between the two bodies of the room to reduce their size and weight. Thus, these "new generation" rooms could become folding and offer an absolutely remarkable aesthetic quality.

Anchor Chambre Faller

Large Camera view in Walnut - Derogy Paris

Year: Circa 1875
Format: 13x18

Brand: Derogy

Derogy Brass Target #3 to Crown #18239
Price:  €680

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DEROGY walnut photo room. Patented in Paris and London.

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The so-called "bellows" rooms appear after the second half of the 19th century The drawer rooms are always too bulky and heavy to carry, the manufacturers had the ingenious idea of placing a leather or fabric bellows between the two body of the chamber in order to reduce its size and weight. Thus, these "new generation" rooms could become folding and offer an absolutely remarkable aesthetic quality.

Large Camera view in Mahogany - Objective Steinheil Munich

Year: Circa 1875
Format: 18x24

Objective Steinheil Munich

Price:  €680

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Mahogany camera room. Russia leather bellows.

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Shutter with rotary valves (restored plate attachments).

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Since the drawer rooms are always too large and heavy to carry, the manufacturers had the ingenious idea of placing a leather bellows between the two bodies of the room to reduce their size and weight. Thus, these "new generation" rooms could become folding and offer an absolutely remarkable aesthetic quality.

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Photo Room in good condition.

Large Camera view in Walnut - Lens Decap Toulouse on curtain shutter

Year: Circa 1890
Format: 13x18

Toulouse Photo Strip Lens on Curtain Shutter

Price:  €500

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Tourist photo room in walnut, brown burgundy leather bellows.

 

Since the drawer rooms are always too large and heavy to carry, the manufacturers had the ingenious idea of placing a leather bellows between the two bodies of the room to reduce their size and weight. Thus, these "new generation" rooms could become folding and offer an absolutely remarkable aesthetic quality.

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Beautiful condition, slightly rugged bellows (small tear at an angle).

Lacour Berthiot Bellows Camera

Year: 1912
Format: 9x13

Lacour Berthiot Eurygraph Objective #7

KOILOS shutter

Price:  €650

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Very nice Lacour Berthiot bellows room. Leather sheathed box and mahogany trolley. Beautiful Lacour Berthiot optics. 

Closed chamber dimension: 20x17x7 cm

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Lacour-Berthiot is a French optical family company founded in the middle of the 19th century. In 1908 it became a public limited company under the name of SOM (Société d'Optique et de Mécanique de Haute Précision) and part of its activity was then military. In the 1950s it was the largest French manufacturer of instrumental optics.

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Beautiful condition. Very nice lens without trace of scratch or mushroom.

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