Vintage art nouveau mirror, Job cigarette, Mucha

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Beautiful vintage art nouveau mirror, Job cigarette, Mucha wall art, advertising, French collectables piece. Stunning Job cigarette mirror featuring an elegant lady wearing a glamorous luscious emerald dress, background in an intricate vintage coloured pattern design and a stand-out bold font in glamorous tones and superb border and further fabulous fonts at the bottom. It's a gorgeous Alphonse Mucha artwork piece. It comes with a sleek mahogany wooden frame. It is in excellent vintage condition with very minor signs of authentic patina. Height: 33cm Length: 25cm Width: 2cm Job cigarette paper (1896) This is perhaps one of Mucha’s best-known advertising posters, with numerous editions subsequently published in various formats for international markets. This poster established the iconic image of the ‘Mucha woman’ with her swirls of exaggeratedly abundant hair. 'JOB' is a trademark for the Joseph Bardou Company, manufacturers of cigarette papers. Mucha placed the prominent female figure in this poster against a background featuring Job monograms. Holding a lighted cigarette in her hand, the woman leans her head backwards sensually, and the rising smoke forms an arabesque,...more

The Fold Antiques

United Kingdom

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