Set of 10 correspondence cards and hard-lined envelopes. White #3 3-ply cotton-fiber paper. Engraved details. Made in New York City.

4 1/4" x 6 3/8"

New York City’s Dempsey & Carroll have been producing elegantly bespoke stationery for discerning clients since its founding by engraver John Dempsey and businessman George Carroll in 1878. According to an 1879 article in The Home Journal (Town & Country): “The love of elegance and exquisite finish in stationery is no new love, but elegance and finish are not in themselves artistic; they are simply the last result of mere mechanical execution. We take especial pleasure, therefore, in calling attention to the work of Messrs. Dempsey & Carroll, who have earned for themselves the honourable designation of ‘Art Stationers’."