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Reclining on a Divan: Men in Rows vintage cabinet card
Reclining on a Divan: Men in Rows vintage cabinet card
Reclining on a Divan

Reclining on a Divan

$150.00

Six men (fraternity brothers?) draped on a velvet and tassle-covered divan. It's difficult to disentangle the bodies and admittedly, it's pushing the concept of a "row."

There's a wistful, elegiac, sensual air. No one looks directly at the camera. A dark fabric with stars seems to wind its way through the jumble of limbs. Is this a commemoration, some special day, like a graduation? The one thing we know is they're at ease with each other and enjoying the physical intimacy.

Vintage sepia cabinet card, image size 4 5/8" x 3 7/8," satin finish. 

Good condition, undated c. 1880s.