An Elaborate 1885 Mardi Gras Ball Invitation

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An Elaborate 1885 Mardi Gras Ball Invitation

AN ELABORATE 1885 MARDI GRAS BALL INVITATION: Krewe of Rex Ivanhoe-themed New Orleans Mardi Gras invitation.  Paris, Illinois: F. Appel, 1885,

This ornate invitation measures 12” x 13.5” unfolded. Folded the card appears to be a blue and gold striped medieval tournament tent. When all nine panels and pieces are unfolded, six multi-colored vignettes from Sir Walter Scott’s novel, Ivanhoe, are revealed. The invitation is in very nice shape with some minor at one of the folds and along some edges. Invitation only, no envelope, admit card, or ducal proclamation. In nice shape; near invisible reinforcement to one of the tent-roof folds. See Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures and historicmardigras.com for more information. The online photos don’t do this invitation justice. 

Founded in 1872, the Krew of Rex (officially The School of Design and also known as The Rex Organization or simply Rex) is one of the first New Orleans Mardi Gras krewes, and it is the oldest parading carnival krewe. Its presiding king, Rex, and queen are acknowledged as the King and Queen of the Carnival, and its colors, purple, green, and gold have been adopted as the Mardi Gras colors. Rex began parading in 1872 to welcome Grand Duke Alexis Romanov, the son of Czar Alexander II, to New Orleans and continued to hold the event annually in an effort to boost tourism for the city.    #8935

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