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Ambassadeurs, La Fête des Mitrons, Chéret, 1890

The bakers' boys dance in their nightshirts.

What

Jules Chéret's poster for La Fête des Mitrons at the Ambassadeurs, printed by Chaix in Paris in 1890; Broido 200.

Why

Mitrons are bakers' apprentices, and here they caper in white smocks and caps across a red stage.

Notice

The red panel sits inside a green frame, and two more mitrons in white tumble out past its edges.

“A comic turn from the summer stage, set in Chéret's strongest colours.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Jules Chéret
Printer: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Ambassadeurs. La Fête des Mitrons, affiche, 1890
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90040847

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Scan: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Published 1890, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Jules Chéret; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-auto-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells Gallica scans). Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

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