1904 Biscuit Lefevre-Utile Volume - Contemporains Celebres (with Cappiello plates) unimo Bioglio (Biella) - 1815

Bioglio (Biella) - 1815

these cards are exceptional pieces of Belle Époque ephemera

According to the website devoted to his life and works (http://www

and his knowledge quite legendary

Mario Borgoni (1869-1936

1904 Biscuit Lefevre-Utile Volume - Contemporains Celebres (with Cappiello plates) unimo Bioglio (Biella) - 1815Date: 1904 Size: 10 x 13. 25 inches Various Artist: Cappiello, Acker, Vogel, etc. Lefvre Utile was founded in Nantes, France, in 1846 by Jean Romain Lefvre and his business partner and wife, Pauline Isabelle Utile. Their initials (LU) were first used by Alfons Mucha for an 1897 calendar ad for the Lefvre Utile Biscuit Co. The success of the branding resulted in the company becoming known as LU and, now owned by a large multi national, it sells in