PASSEMENTERIE - SAINT-ETIENNE (Loire) - Charles REBOUR (1831 - Lot 132

PASSEMENTERIE - SAINT-ETIENNE (Loire) - Charles REBOUR (1831-1897, silk designer, ribbon creator, he was the man who raised ribbon-making to an art form; based in Saint-Etienne since 1849, he achieved international renown, opening offices in London and St. Petersburg, supplying the Court of Napoleon III and the Cors d'Europe) / Very extensive business archives, 1880s and 1890s of over 2,300 documents, including : More than 800 invoices (contract work, ribbon folding, cloth engraving and printing, embossing, velvet shaving, lustration, thread-by-thread silk pulling, dyeing, rolling, steaming, broaching, embroidery, threading, ironing, carriers, maritime couriers etc.) / purchases of Vosges cloth, from the French and European markets. / purchases of toile des Vosges, gilding, looms, tulles, fabrics, bangs, pompoms, pearls, saber velvet, bales of Chinese weft, ribbon drums, glazed and laminated yarns, cotton, braids, hardware, cardboard, packaging, weaving combs, lint, punches etc.) and commercial letters (some stamped, from trading houses in France, London, New York, Cologne, Naples, Constantinople etc.), quality proposals for fabrics or silk, some with samples or drawings) - approx. 50 commercial postcards with postal stationery - over 800 commercial bills - book of Société Stéphanoise checks with stubs - approx. 600 telegrams received (commercial instructions) - file of rent receipts for Paris office 53 rue Vivienne - approx. 30 copies of bailiff's summonses (most with stapled file of documents: non-payment of invoices, refusal of deliveries by clients, infringement proceedings, etc.).) - Various administrative documents (contributions, subscriptions, etc.) - Notebook of P. Duplay dessinateur à Saint-Etienne avec 12 dessins sur calque (nommés " cartes ") - Dossier de l'Exposition Française à Moscou en 1891 (10 documents including admission certificate, regulations and correspondence) - Inscription en 1891 à l'Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs - Participation à l'Exposition des " Arts de la Femme " à Paris en 1892 - Dossier de l'Exposition Internationale de Chicago en 1893 (6 documents including regulations and correspondence) - Dépôt d'acte de création de société en 1881 (extrait) par Claude Coignet et Charles Rebour, société en nom collectif for the manufacture and sale of silk ribbons, with certificate from the Registrar of the Commercial Court - Interesting notebook from Maison Chauvin entitled "Renseignements commerciaux", giving the results of investigations into the solvency or probity of customers ("on dit : absolument mauvais sous tous les rapports, ne possède rien, aucune espèce de garantie", "on dit : maison reprise en 1883, bien réputée, les paiements sont réguliers", etc.).) - Receipt signed by Saint-Etienne Mayor Pierre Madignet in 1884 from Charles Rebourde 200 fr granted to the Ecole de Dessin to be distributed as a bonus to the most deserving students.