Lyon, Atelier Travard (attributed), circa. 1920-1930. Broadsheet (51.3 x 43.0 cm). Original pochoir with additional, extensive gouache painting.

The French firm of Travard was a major designer of wallpaper and textile used for curtains and furniture. Their designs made during the 1920's, rank among the most beautiful Art Deco designs. The designers used various templates in their compositions, and a wide variety of motifs and colours. This one (without Travard blind-stamp, but found among a set of highly similar sheets, many of which with this stamp), has a painted surface of 30 x 19 cm, and very wide margins, shows a potpourri of leaves dots, and triangles in green, pink, red, and three more colours, neatly indicated by six dots below the illustration itself. Pencil lines indicate the place where the pattern starts repeating, indicating that the design was indeed meant for wallpaper. A fine item, the colouring fresh and bright.