{"product_id":"marthe-romme-art-deco-calendar-journal","title":"Pluviôse \u0026 Floréal Journal — Marthe Romme Art Déco Calendar 1919","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1919, French designer Marthe Romme published a portfolio of fourteen hand-coloured pochoir lithographs illustrating the months of the French Republican Calendar. Two of them appear on the covers of this journal: Pluviôse, the month of rain, and Floréal, the month of flowers — vivid, geometric, and unmistakably Art Déco.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe front cover reproduces Pluviôse — an elegant figure in a wide blue checked dress, her red and white parasol tilted against the wind, caught mid-stride in a gust of rain. In the upper right corner, the inscription reads: Jamais pluie dans le printemps ne passa pour un mauvais temps — Never was rain in springtime considered bad weather. The back cover presents Floréal — a woman in a white vaporous dress adorned with a circular garland of multicoloured flowers, her posture suggesting dance, set against a solid black background that throws the vivid colours into sharp relief. Above her: Nous n'irons plus au bois, les lauriers sont coupés — a famous French nursery rhyme celebrating the return of spring. Both plates were coloured by pochoir, a hand-stencilling technique that applies pigment layer by layer, making each impression subtly unique.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote: small production barcode (0.5\" × 0.5\") on back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovers of Art Déco illustration and early 20th-century French fashion art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmirers of the pochoir technique and hand-coloured print traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThose drawn to the French Republican Calendar and its poetic month-names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFashion historians, collectors, and students of decorative arts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoughtful gift for Francophiles, art lovers, and journal enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone captivated by the idea that rain makes the flowers possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead the story of Marthe Romme, the pochoir technique, and the French Republican Calendar on our blog: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/marthe-romme-art-deco-1919\"\u003eRain and Flowers: Marthe Romme and the Art Déco Calendar, 1919\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":63600271425905,"sku":"63412990399170707451","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Pluviose_Flor_al_Journal_on_Marthe_Romme_s_Art_D_co_Desk.webp?v=1778617257","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/marthe-romme-art-deco-calendar-journal","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}