Sweet Decorative Art! 37 Pattern Designs by Henri Gillet

Henri Gillet c.1900 | Plate 1
Plate 1  |  Floral Decorative Design  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900

Nouvelles Fantaisies Décoratives
New Decorative Fantasies

Nouvelles Fantaisies Décoratives is a collection of  20 coloured plates by French artist Henri Gillet. NYPL Digital Collections date this collection from between 1880 and 1920. You can see traces of Neoclassicism (the naked girl and the snail see Plate 2 below) combined with Art Nouveau and Art Deco.

The original works look like they were printed ‘pochoir‘ –a process where single layers of color are added to the chromolith using a stencil similar to silk-screening.

Plate 2: Windmills | Nude with Snails | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 2  |  Windmills, Fairy with Snails  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 3: Birds, Leaves | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 3  |  Birds, Leaves  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 4: Flowers and Leaves | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 4  |  Flowers and Leaves   |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 5 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 5  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 6 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 6  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 7 | Floral, Goldfish | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 7  |  Floral, Goldfish  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 8 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 8  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 9 | Floral, Fish | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 9  |  Floral, Fish  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 10 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 10  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 11 | Woman, Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 11  |  Woman, Floral  |  Henri Gillet  c.1900
Plate 12: | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 12:  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 13 | Floral, Peppers | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 13  |  Floral, Peppers  | Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 14 | Floral, Ceaves | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 14  |  Floral, Leaves  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 15 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 15  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 16 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 16  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 17 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 17  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 18 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 18  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 19 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 19  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Plate 20 | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Plate 20  |  Floral  |  Henri Gillet   c.1900
Nouvelles Fantaisies Décoratives Cover and Title Page | Floral | Henri Gillet c.1900
Nouvelles Fantaisies Décoratives

 

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