George Barbier — Éventails de Paquin [Fans by Paquin] | Art Deco Fashion Print

Three fan leaves by Paquin stack down a cream sheet, captioned as after George Barbier and Paul Iribe. At the top, a turbaned figure reaches up to grapes in an autumn-coloured vine. In the middle, signed by Iribe, a kneeling woman in a striped gold skirt faces an orange and violet sky above a dark blue sea. At the bottom, on a chequered floor between pale columns, a dancer trails a spotted orange scarf to a kneeling flute player while a couple look on.The original: pochoir, 1912; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.George Barbier (1882–1932) was the leading illustrator of French Art Deco fashion. From 1912 his pochoir plates for the Gazette du Bon Ton, Falbalas et Fanfreluches and the couture houses of Paquin, Worth and Poiret drew on Persian miniatures, Greek vases and the Ballets Russes, setting slender figures against flat, saturated colour. He also designed for the stage and illustrated Verlaine and Louÿs. His plates are held by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Each print is made to our Archival Museum Standards: a 12-ink giclée, printed to order. Unframed prints are made on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310gsm matte fine-art paper. Framed prints arrive in a handmade solid-wood frame with low-reflection glazing, ready to hang. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.