STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA TEXIDOR. Wood and leather. ORIGINAL CASE. CENTURY XIX-XX. STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA MANUFACTURED BY THE HOUSE TEXIDOR AROUND 1895 IN THEIR FACILITIES IN BARCELONA Regomir street. BODY CAOBILLA. BELLOWS LEATHER. FOLDING. It INCLUDES WOOD PHOTO 4 plate. NEED LENSES conditioning and cleaning. SLIGHT SCRATCHES PRESENTED LENSES. FABRIC ORIGINAL CASE. INTERIOR PADDING. The measurements comply with the kit. EXTENDED CHAMBER MEASURES: 23.5 X 15.5 X 12.5 PLATES 18 x 9 cm.
Today we speak of a very special camera, which actually took us 30 years to get. As you know our collection focuses particularly on the stereoscopic cameras, but & nbsp also features, a large representation of other cameras, among which Spanish manufacturing cameras. Well, this camera meets both characteristics, it is. one of the first and few stereoscopic cameras manufactured in Spain
Our camera was made at the end of the nineteenth century by the Texidor house in Barcelona , has a body of caobilla and leather bellows. It Includes 4 wooden photographic plates and has reached us in its original case. The camera features measures, extended, of 23,5x15,5x12,5 cms
La Casa Texidor was founded by Josep Texidor i Busquets , which opened in 1874 an establishment of fine arts items, though before that (in the sixties) he had already opened the first workshop of art photography of Barcelona . Josep Texidor was a cult and restless man professionally was related to the industry that settled in our country public gas system and introduced the metric system in Spain, on a personal level it was a great fond of painting, which only dedicated when its economic situations allowed
Josep had 8 children , some of them were devoted to painting with some recognition (Modesto and Pepita). After the death of Josep their children created the company Hijos de Josep Texidor , expanding and shifting the establishment with his son Emilio to the position of the business. A Emilio's death his widow continued with the business under the name of E. Texidor Widow, while modest family business continued parallel
In today's Barcelona still be found traces of the business of the House Texidor , a true pioneers who dared even making stereoscopic cameras
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