"Helder-Armenonville" menus
Applied Arts
Inventory number
2022.4.13.16ab.AA.TX.1905.FRDescription
Two restaurant menus on silk fabric, in light pink and beige, in typical Art Nouveau style. The sheets include silk embroidery of a painting featuring four women in the nature wearing Medieval inspired clothing, one of them reading a letter to the rest. The menus are made for a restaurant in Nice, France and include an inscription of the daily menu of the restaurant and a date inscription at the bottom of the sheet. The pink one is made for the menu of 22 March 1904, and the beige one - 2 March 1905.Silk embroidery menu sheets were popular during the Art Nouveau period for luxury restaurants. Some of them were framed to display the menu, some were handed out to the customers.
Materials
SilkSilk embroidery
Origin
1905 FranceDimensions
Length : 9 cmHeight : 27.5 cm