Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text steel striker a sort of end of

a sort of end of day playing around

original black stained exterior

) General wear to the wood and a bit of light staining to the fabric

this one of a Master Samuel Brown

Incised on both sides

Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text steel striker a sort of end ofThis is the first example of anamorphic text I've had, though I will definitely be on the hunt for others. By viewing the text from an angle (holding it almost flat on its side), all those abstract lines form words. Here, it reads "Van Everens Visiting Cards" from one direction, and then "Central" from the short side, and then "Grand" and "Hotel" from the corner angles. (I did my best to photograph, but it's a bit easier in hand.) Analog magic, pretty