Antique I'llustration prints Sizeranne

[icedgold10]

I picked these up tonight.  Very old and a couple are prints and all are pasted on to the mat. The Sizeranne ones almost look like real drawings.  Can someone enlighten me more about these?

[icedgold10]

can't get the pics to upload so here's the link  http://s1255.photobucket.com/user/icedgold10/library/sizeranne

[Ipcress]

From a 1930 French magazine. There's a website dedicated to L'Illustration and these are mentioned.

[icedgold10]

Do they hold any value?  I have an antique wood & glass serving tray that I was thinking of using one under the glass part. The silk that is currently there is very stained and too fragile to wash.

[KC]

Have you ever tried washing the delicate silks by placing on a stretched thin cloth and running soapy water through it (never wringing or scrubbing - just letting gravity wash it).  Then rinsing the same way.  Using sunlight to lighten up if needed.

[icedgold10]

It  is so fragile that when I tried to get it off the card in back of the tray it started shredding.  I might try putting it in the sun a little and see if that helps.  It is very pretty fabric.