ROULLET DECAMPS The escamotor Electric... Lot 39

ROULLET DECAMPS The escamotor Electric automaton Carrying a plate " DECAMPS " 17-19 rue Amelot Paris. 11 cams. Late clothes. Dimensions : 121 x 121 x 55 cm (Functional and in its transport case) To be compared with the example preserved in the Museum of the automaton of Souillac (Lot) under the n° 31 and thus described: "The prestidigitator, electric automaton PHALIBOIS dated around 1920" Bibliography : Alfred CHAPUIS - Edmond DROZ, Les automates, p. 287. "At the International Magic Congress in Paris, in September 1947, one could admire another illusionist automaton, the officiant was dressed in an oriental costume. The two cabinets do not appear to have any communication either through the back wall or with the floor."