DECORATEUR - Ernest LEYS (1841-1892, decorator... Lot 255

DECORATEUR - Ernest LEYS (1841-1892, decorator of late 19th-century Paris, including Marcel Proust; his firm (tapestry and cabinetmaking) was located at 3 Place de la Madeleine in Paris) / Set of 2 original photographs, one by Alophe, carte de visite format (6.5 xv 10 cm), with autograph dedication signed on the back in 1878, the other by Otto, cabinet format (10.5 x 16 cm) with autograph dedication signed in 1887 / Attached: original photograph of his wife Henriette Leys, by Otto, cabinet size (10.5 x 16 cm), which Ernest Leys dedicated and signed (initials) on the back, in memory of his "dearly beloved", who died in 1886.