2020 FG tie created by Custom Cravatieur.
This wonderfully thoughtful gift comes from a student whom I had taught twice. I also served as "talent" in a major psychology project. A little research found the makers on Etsy. I would not be surprised if this was truly a "custom cravat." What a wonderful gift!
2000 FG Refrigerator Magnet. Classical Creations. Made in USA. 2” x 3”. Source unknown.
It is so tempting to browse to see whose traditional presentation is “borrowed” here! The presentation is indeed classical in the surroundings it gives to the scene.
1926 One postcard featuring FG with that title, and "Les Fables de Jean de La Fontaine" on its front. Etablissements Artistiques Parisiens. Illustration signed by T(?) Mayboy. €6 from Akpool, March '23.
The card is filled in and dated in 1928, though it seems not to have been stamped or cancelled. The scene of the illustration is hard for me to construe. Is the little girl looking up to grapes that she cannot get, even though she has used a kneeler and half-chair? Is she looking at a home that she cannot aspire to? The home does not seem that extravagant. I have been happy to find others with "Mayboy" signatures on work from the 1920's.
2010? FG Necktie. 100% silk. Hand made. Venezia. Italy style. Made in China. Unknown source.
The repetition here is absolute in rather rigid rows. Fox and grapes alternate and then are in the next row in checkerboard alternation. As with other ties, I wonder if there really was an effort to have the viewer take in the specific object presented on the tie. The effect is rather "a red tie with some white markings." In fact, are those grapes or rather leaves?
1995? FG handkerchief advertising Bonux. Jean Effel. 8.5” square. Source unknown.
Apparently Bonux was Procter & Gamble's low cost laundry detergent. The web helped me to learn both that this is indeed a handkerchief and that it belongs to a series advertising Bonux, at least one of which is online for a price that astounds me!
1985? FG Flip-Book. Student creative work for a fable course. 4.2” x 3.7”. Two staples. Unknown creator.
I regularly assigned one creative work when I taught literature, whatever form that creative work might take. Here’s a delightful flip book of the fox approaching the grapes, trying to get them, and walking away. Cleverly done!
1901 FG by Grün. "Fables de La Fontaine." Cover, Le Sourire, July 6, 1901. €10 at Clignancourt, July, '17
Is the joke here that the man has consumed sour grapes and is now vomiting? And the woman seems to be enjoying it? Help!
1980 12 different fables illustrated by fèves.
These "beans" combine two characters in one scene, often with simple and even garish coloring. Simple forms. Are these members of more than one set?
