Figure 1.-- This classic American caninet portrait was taken in 1890. Notice the pinking (serrations) at the eldge with the straight (unpinlked) corners. |
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We note pinking / serrated edging in cabinet cards during the 1880s and 90s. We are not sure whose idea this pinking was or whether it was an American or European innovation. As there were a limited number of companies making the card stock, the serrated cards quickly spread. We began archiving these cards in the general cabinet card section, but almost all of the examples we have found are American. There is no need to repicate this again. We may eventually move that section here and reserve the general section for mostly European cabinet card. So far the examples we have found date from 1888-95. These are the serrated edge cards with sommoth corners. This may not yet be precise chronological range, but we believe it to be very close to it.
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