Défense de regarder sous la table
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1902
"Défense de regarder sous la table" is a French movable printed postcard made of paper, dating to approximately 1902. The card measures approximately 9 centimetres in height by 14 centimetres in width and was executed as a lineblock print.
The illustration depicts a woman seated at a table laid with a tablecloth, with coffee and brandy set before her, smoking a cigarette. The card features a movable mechanism; when the tablecloth is lifted, a hidden scene is revealed showing a cat positioned on her lap between her legs, hissing at a small dog leaping upwards.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
This postcard forms part of the Milford Haven Collection of "Cartes postales fantaisistes," which consists of 442 examples of French, Italian, and German erotic postcards dating from the early twentieth century. Mounted across three albums, the collection was at one time owned by a member of the Milford Haven family before being acquired by E. J. Dingwell in 1960 alongside a typed catalogue.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Printed postcard
- Dimensions
- Height (album): 7 cm; Width (album): 11 cm; Depth (album): 5 cm; Height (card): 9 cm; Width (card): 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Labels and text printed on album spine; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'C' / CARTES POSTALES / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / Sections 13, 14, 15 / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: printed on album cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'CLASSEAUR / ALBUM / CARTES POSTALES / Sections / 13 14 15 / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Défense de regarder sous la table
- Museum object number
- E.525:590-2001
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.