1900 Art Nouveau Design Pochoir Design-Botanical With Grasshoppers, Matted

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This is a matted French pochoir that dates to 1900. Pochoir is a stencil-based printing process that was popular in … more This is a matted French pochoir that dates to 1900. Pochoir is a stencil-based printing process that was popular in Paris in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. It was used by fashion, design, and architectural illustrators. Designs were hand colored with a process of layering color making each image unique. The manual aspect of pochoir is its most valuable attribute and also its greatest failure as a printing medium. It is both labor intensive and time consuming, making it an expensive and slow process of printmaking. As a result, this technique was short lived and was replaced by more modern lithography techniques. Thus, pochoirs have become rare and highly collectible with the passage of time. This pochoir features botanical design borders and panels with animal and floral motifs featuring the grasshopper and clover. It is done in soft color tones of greens, mauves and blues. It has a wonderful quality and is in pristene condition. 11 x 14 inches in size. Comes matted in a neutral tone 16 x 20 inch custom mat ready for a standard size frame. Please allow time for custom matting. See other Art Nouveau companion lithographs in our shop. less