The Complication

COMPLICATION VI — THE PAPERS

The Ephemera

The trade’s own paper — nineteenth-century horlogerie cards and printed announcements, ornament in the service of exactitude.

Horlogerie et Bijouterie C. Detouche — Trade Card — Trade card, 158–160 rue Saint-Martin, Paris, C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver, 19th century

19th century

Horlogerie et Bijouterie C. Detouche — Trade Card

A Paris watch house’s calling card, engraved.

C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card — Trade card, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin, Paris, C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver, 19th century

19th century

C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card

The same house, a grander address, more ornament.

Horlogerie Lasne — Trade Card — Trade card, 45 rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, Paris, Lasne (house), unknown engraver, 19th century

19th century

Horlogerie Lasne — Trade Card

A quieter Paris shop, keeping its paper exact.

C. Detouche, Printed Announcement — Advertising print, Paris, C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver, 19th century

19th century

C. Detouche, Printed Announcement

The Paris house as the Rijksmuseum keeps it.