Maurice Verneuil Whiting Seaweed Ermine Motifs Art Nouveau Poster 1897
Plate 34 from Verneuil’s L’animal dans la décoration: whiting fish in seaweed wallpaper, a diagonal ermine border and a silk fly-and-lily pattern. 1897 French design.
Description
'Merlans et algues, papier peint' shows silver whiting darting among golden seaweed; 'Hermine vulgaire, bordure' runs a cream stoat along a bold diagonal in crimson; 'Mouches et muguet, étoffe de soie' adds flies with lily of the valley. A vivid showcase of Art Nouveau textile and wallpaper invention.
