A highly refined and rare stereo daguerreotype of a reclining nude woman, rendered with exceptional detail and hand-tinted with lush, vivid color. Likely of French origin and dating to the early 1850s, this erotic image belongs to the earliest wave of photographic studies of the female form. The sitter reclines seductively across a divan, partially draped in richly textured blue fabric, her expression calm and engaged. The left panel offers a subtly varied pose from the right, revealing the photographic artist’s sophisticated compositional intent in crafting a sensuous stereoscopic illusion.

The original mat bears a rare paper label at top edge reading “Maison de Commission,” referencing the clandestine nature of much early erotic photography distributed through back-room channels of photographic studios or dealers under euphemistic trade names. The stereo plate is housed in its original gold mat and dark paper wrap, intact and untouched on the verso.

Images such as these were produced in extremely limited numbers and survive in far fewer examples, often due to their delicate format and the social taboos surrounding their subject matter. This example represents one of the finest known erotic stereo daguerreotypes of its type.