Real butterflies, fan leaf by Gardon and Poulin, circa 1895
Real butterflies, fan leaf by Gardon and Poulin, circa 1895
Art Nouveau period fan leaf
Skin leaf is delicately painted with orchids and applied with real butterfly wings.
Signed F. Gardon and H. Poulin
Good condition (some rubbing)
Dimensions:
Presented framed (frame as is and without glass)
The transfer of butterfly wings is a process that appeared in the 18th century but it is only at the end of the 19th century that it really developed, popularized by the publication of H. Poulin La lépidochromie. L'art de décalquer et de fixer les couleurs des ailes du papillon. [La lépidochromie. The art of transferring and fixing the colors of the wings of the butterfly].
Skin leaf is delicately painted with orchids and applied with real butterfly wings.
Signed F. Gardon and H. Poulin
Good condition (some rubbing)
Dimensions:
Presented framed (frame as is and without glass)
The transfer of butterfly wings is a process that appeared in the 18th century but it is only at the end of the 19th century that it really developed, popularized by the publication of H. Poulin La lépidochromie. L'art de décalquer et de fixer les couleurs des ailes du papillon. [La lépidochromie. The art of transferring and fixing the colors of the wings of the butterfly].
