100,000 Chemises Poster ✓
France, c.189537 x 29 in (94 x 72 cm)
ID #LB40X30FOREIGNTABLE-Z-02
Vintage French poster advertising men's dress shirts, illustrated with a scene of two men discussing the luxurious shirts one of them wears, the text underneath the drawing serving as the dialogue between the two.
"Tu as donc fait un heritage pour porter des chemises pareilles? Mon cher a 3 fr. 50 tu peux t'en payer de semblables avec les devants toile, triples et incassables. Ou donc que j'y coure??? A la Maison des 100,000 Chemises." (So you have an inheritance to wear shirts like that? My dear, at 3 francs 40 you can afford similar ones with the triple and unbreakable canvas fronts. Where, then, do I run to? To the House of 100,000 Shirts."
Printer: Van Geleyn, Paris
Year: c. 1895
Condition: Excellent
Poster is linen-backed on canvas