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Delftsche Slaolie

Poster
1894 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster showing two women making a salad in a highly stylized Art Nouveau/Symbolism style


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDelftsche Slaolie (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Brief description
Jan Toorop. 'Delftsche Slaolie". Poster advertising Delft Salad Oil. Dutch, 1894. Symbolist / Dutch Expressionist
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster showing two women making a salad in a highly stylized Art Nouveau/Symbolism style
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.75in
  • Width: 27.5in
Object history
This poster, produced for the Nederlandse Olie Fabrieken (Dutch Oil Factories), is the reason why the Art Nouveau style came to be known as the ‘salad-oil style’ (slaoliestijl) in the Netherlands.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Accession number
E.2461-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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