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Artist/Maker	F. Champenois (printer) Mucha, Alphonse (designer)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

Menu card with text at the top and the bottom of the page. On the left is a full-length illustration of a woman standing, her head tilting down, and wearing a peach-coloured gown; she holds a tray with a bottle of champagne and two glasses on it..

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Categories	Prints Eating Drinking
Object type	Menu card
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Lithography
Brief description	Illustrated menu card (one of four) advertising Moët & Chandon champagne. Colour lithograph designed by Alphonse Mucha, ca.1900.
Physical description	Menu card with text at the top and the bottom of the page. On the left is a full-length illustration of a woman standing, her head tilting down, and wearing a peach-coloured gown; she holds a tray with a bottle of champagne and two glasses on it..
Dimensions	Height: 21.9cm Width: 14.9cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Style	Art Nouveau
Marks and inscriptions	'Menu' (Lettered in red, at the top of the page) 'Champagne Moët & Chandon' (Lettered in blue, at bottom of page) 'Moët et Chandon' (Lettered within illustration) 'F. Champenois, Paris' 'Mucha' (Lettered and signed at bottom edge of illustration)
Object history	Three of the cards duplicate E.1104-1106-1963. Christmas cards incorporating three of the designs in a reduced form, E.848, 849, 853-1919, were exhibited in 'A Victorian Christmas' held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, December 20th to January 14th 1967-8.
Subjects depicted	Woman Champagne Glasses Champagne Bottle
Associated objects	E.505-1967 (Set) E.507-1967 (Set) E.508-1967 (Set) E.1105-1963 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.506-1967

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693399/menu-card-mucha-alphonse/

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