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Domino board blue Carnations A3 . 1750
Workshop Les Associé (s)
12,00 €
DESCRIPTION
Signed "A Paris chez les Associé n°97", this domino board dated from 1750 represents carnations and leaves on a dotted background. Originally, black patterns were printed with engraved wooden boards and colors applied with a stencil.
To give life and modernity to this beautiful domino sheet from the mid-18th century, our workshop carried out a meticulous digital restoration.
Patterns are printed on light ivory, 300g (stiff) vellum paper, A3 format. The boards are sold in sets of three, and cannot be purchased individually. They are presented in a sumptuous cardboard envelope decorated with patterns.
Collection of Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
Photographic credit: Les Arts Décoratifs/ Jean Tholance
Colors
On domino papers, the mention "A Paris chez les Associé(s) » followed by a number is frequent. But the identity of the manufacturer remains a mystery. The workshop was installed rue Saint-Jacques in Paris and active from 1758 to 1778, but was it really Parisian? Or was it rather a group of domino manufacturers from Orleans who found a trick to escape Parisian taxes and sell their goods more easily in the capital?
1750
The original design, which is kept in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, is made with simple and limited colors. In this sense, it is very representative of domino papers. Indeed, the printing with engraved woodblocks was done in black, blue or red, while the stenciling was done most often using blue and / or red, occasionally yellow or green…
Domino papers can be identified by their signature. Positioned at the bottom of the sheet, it generally indicated the name of the manufacturer, its city as well as the number of the board.
in the case of this design, it indicated "A Paris chez les Associé, n° 97". With other Domino manufacturers, one could find signatures such as "In Orléans at Perdoux","In Avignon at Sevestre Leblond", "In Orléans at Jean-Baptiste Letourmy"...
