Pathé (France) / c. 1903
Corporate background:
Pathé Frères started out in
France in 1905 as manufacturers of cylinder disc machines,
switching to vertical-cut disc manufacture in 1914.
Discographer Bill
Dean-Myatt notes: “This
item by Agustarello Affre (1858-1931) was probably recorded in
1902 or 1903.”
Design: The
strapwork border design was retained when the company began to
use paper labels in 1915.
The record information is not printed on
paper, but engraved into the record surface and then filled
with paint.