Poster for Delft Salad Oil
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1894
That it concerns salad oil is made clear by the inscription, as well as the small bottles of salad oil on either side of the text. Below it is the crowned coat of arms of the factory, with a decorative field of peanuts to the left.
The largest part of the poster is occupied by two graceful female figures with long hair. One is seated and dresses salad in a large bowl; the other has her gaze and hands directed upwards. The undulating, rhythmic play of lines with which the women's hair fills the pictorial surface made such an impression that Art Nouveau owes its Dutch nickname 'slaoliestijl' (salad oil style) to this poster. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-1912-2395; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique lithography; measurements height 950 mm x width 625 mm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- lithography
- Measurements
- height 950 mm x width 625 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 950 mm x width 625 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Affiche Delftsche Slaolie
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-1912-2395
- Museum classification
- poster
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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