Art Nouveau lithograph with dog candlestick, bees and copper frieze – M.P. Verneuil, 1897

Art Nouveau designs with animals – plate from L’Animal dans la décoration, 1897

An original Art Nouveau colour lithograph with four designs in copper and ochre tones: a frieze of pheasants and a fox in cut copper, a candlestick in the shape of a dog, a semis of bees as a wallpaper pattern and a jardinière with foxes, squirrels and birds in repoussé copper. From the famous Art Nouveau portfolio L’Animal dans la décoration (Paris, 1897) by Maurice Pillard Verneuil, with an introduction by Eugène Grasset. In this book Verneuil showed how animals could be stylised into ornament, carpets, wallpaper and decorative art; the plates were printed as colour lithographs by Imprimerie Lemercier in Paris. Below the image are the French titles of the designs (‘Faisans et renard, frise cuivre découpé – Chien, chandelier – Abeilles, semis – Renards, écureuils et oiseaux, jardinière cuivre repoussé’).

Why we chose this piece

This plate shows exactly what Art Nouveau is all about: the animal as ornament. The stylised dog candlestick against the bee wallpaper is a small design icon.

Style and interior

Beautiful in an Art Nouveau, Art Deco or design interior, and for lovers of copperwork and decorative art.

Dimensions: 46 × 34.4 cm
Designer: Maurice Pillard Verneuil (1869–1942)
Publication: L’Animal dans la décoration, Paris 1897
Technique: colour lithograph (Imp. Lemercier, Paris)
Period: 1897
Condition: Good. Bright colours. The paper is lightly toned with a few spots and light edge wear in the margins (photo 1). No tears in the image.

Price:
€ 85

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