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The lithographer for this card was one “F. Appel” of Paris who acted as publisher for a good many chromolithographs of the 1880s and 1890s. The quality of Appel’s printing is apparent even in something as simple as this single-sided trade card advertising gentlemen’s gloves.
This is one of a series of cards printed by Appel specifically for the firm of Fisk, Clark & Flagg—makers of fine gloves. The company advertised,
FISK, CLARK & FLAGG’S GLOVES
FOR DRIVING & COACHING ARE THE BEST EVER MADE
TRY THEM AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER
Like the other variations in the series, the card shows a duo of handsomely dressed, well-heeled gents in sporting attire. In this case, one of them even has his horse with him. The figures are brilliantly set against a thickly-printed metallic-gold background which serves to make this card look a bit like an icon and reinforces the elegance of the product and brand.
I’d guess that this was printed in the mid-1880s.
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