Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés
1895 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 78 × 56 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A mother in red and a little girl in grey sit at a table with cups of chocolate while a black cat waits beside a tin on the tablecloth, under the lettering Chocolats Compagnie Française and Thés Compagnie Française. Steinlen designed the poster in 1895 for the Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés; the models are his wife and his daughter Colette, with one of the household cats, the same cast as the Vingeanne milk poster. The red, the dark lettering panels and the pale table are printed by Charles Verneau, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A mother and child at a chocolate table with a cat, for a kitchen, breakfast corner or hallway at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or cream wall and pairs with Lait pur stérilisé.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge to edge, filling the whole sheet (very slightly cropped to fit) — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
