Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 16

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942) ABADIE. 1911.
49 1/2x37 1/2 inches, 125 3/4x95 1/4 inches. Vercasson, Paris.
Condition A / A-: vertical and horizontal folds; light creasing at edges. Paper.
Abadie "was founded by Joseph Bertrand Abadie in 1866; the paper itself was manufactured in Thiel-sur-Huisne (Orne) and then finished in Paris. The company was one of the top ten manufacturers of French rolling papers, producing many different brands before the factory shut its doors in 1972" (Cappiello / Rennert p. 132). Cappiello / Rennert 184.