ANTIQUE ALBUM FOR CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS. DATES FROM THE 1880S. THE EXTERIOR IS COVERED IN PURPLE VELVET FABRIC WITH A FLORAL DESIGN. SILVER TONE METAL PLAQUE ON THE FRONT THAT SAYS "ALBUM". SILVER TONE METAL CLASP WHICH IS WORKING (IT SAYS IT WAS PATENTED JUNE 6, 1882). GILT FINISH TO THE PAGE EDGES. THE DESIGNS TO THE PAGES ARE EMBOSSED. OVERALL MEASUREMENTS APPROXIMATELY 10 5/8 X 9 X 3 INCHES. THERE ARE 28 PAGES WITH ONE WINDOW THAT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 3 3/4 X 5 1/4 INCHES; TWO PAGES WITH ONE WINDOW THAT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 3 3/4 X 7 INCHES; AND SIX PAGES WITH FOUR WINDOWS EACH THAT MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 2 X 3 1/4 INCHES. OVERALL THE ALBUM IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF AGE AND USE. ONE OF THE PINS HOLDING THE METAL "ALBUM" PIECE TO THE FRONT COVER HAS COME LOOSE. THERE IS SOME FOXING TO THE PAGES, SOME MARKS AND SMALL RIPS TO SOME OF THE PAGES, SOME LIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGES OF THE COVER.
