Magnolia Pattern — Hincelin

An elegant original wallpaper design of stylised magnolia blooms arranged in a sophisticated repeating pattern characteristic of French Art Deco.

Original wallpaper design by Jacques Hincelin. Paris, c. 1920s. From his studio at 72 Avenue de Bily and 12 Rue du Quatre-Septembre.

Jacques Hincelin was a prominent French wallpaper designer of the Art Deco era, recognised for elegant patterns produced for the Parisian papiers peints industry. His magnolia designs epitomise the period's fascination with Japonisme and exotic flora, treated with the refined palette and stylised geometry that distinguished the most accomplished French wallpaper work of the 1920s.

Pen and ink with watercolour and metallic paint on paper, mounted on board. Sheet size approximately 108 × 90 cm. Very Good.