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Description
Date: 1900
Size: 7 x 8 inches
About The Poster: Lefèvre-Utile was founded in Nantes, France, in 1846 by Jean-Romain …
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Date: 1900
Size: 7 x 8 inches
About The Poster: Lefèvre-Utile was founded in Nantes, France, in 1846 by Jean-Romain Lefèvre and his business partner and wife, Pauline-Isabelle Utile. Their initials (LU) were first used by Alfons Mucha for an 1897 calendar ad for the Lefèvre-Utile Biscuit Co. That same year the company hired Firmin Bouisset to create a poster for their rectangular-shaped crested biscuits. Bouisset created Petit Écolier ("the Little Schoolboy") which also incorporated the LU initials. Bouisset's poster was used extensively, and the image was embossed on the company's Petit Beurre line of biscuits.
Within a few years, the success of the logo resulted in the company becoming known as LU. (Notwithstanding the humble beginnings of LU, the company, now owned by a large multi-national, sells more than USD 2 billion every year - that's a whole lot of cookies!)
This label was brought into the gallery by the great-great-grandson of the original Lefevre-Utile family, so the provenance of the piece could not be better. Rare and collectible.
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- Dimensions
- 7ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 8ʺH
- Styles
- Art Nouveau
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1900 - 1909
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brick Red
- Condition Notes
- This label was brought into the gallery by the great-great-grandson of the original Lefevre-Utile family, so the provenance of the … moreThis label was brought into the gallery by the great-great-grandson of the original Lefevre-Utile family, so the provenance of the piece could not be better. Rare and collectible. less
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