Pluviôse & Floréal Journal — Marthe Romme Art Déco Calendar 1919

In 1919, French designer Marthe Romme published a portfolio of fourteen hand-coloured pochoir lithographs illustrating the months of the French Republican Calendar — vivid, geometric, and unmistakably Art Déco. The front cover reproduces Pluviôse, the month of rain: 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, with the inscription Jamais pluie dans le printemps ne passa pour un mauvais temps — Never was rain in springtime considered bad weather; the back presents Floréal, the month of flowers — 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, with the nursery rhyme Nous n'irons plus au bois, les lauriers sont coupés above her. Both plates were coloured by pochoir, a hand-stencilling technique that applies pigment layer by layer, making each impression subtly unique.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print; small 0.5”×0.5” production barcode on back

Perfect For

• Lovers of Art Déco illustration and early 20th-century French fashion art
• Admirers of the pochoir technique and hand-coloured print traditions
• Those drawn to the French Republican Calendar and its poetic month-names
• Fashion historians, collectors, and students of decorative arts
• Thoughtful gift for Francophiles, art lovers, and journal enthusiasts
• Anyone captivated by the idea that rain makes the flowers possible