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Ambassadeurs, Miette, la Cigale Parisienne, Bergé, 1890

A singer with a guitar under the chestnut leaves.

What

L. Bergé's poster for Miette, the Paris cicada, at the Ambassadeurs, dated 1890 on the BnF record.

Why

The cicada is the insect that sings all summer, and the Ambassadeurs was a summer house.

Notice

She wears a red bodice and a yellow skirt, a guitar across her knee, under the green leaves of the Champs-Élysées.

“A summer singer, named for a summer sound.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Berge, L.. Illustrateur
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Ambassadeurs. Miette, la Cigale parisienne, affiche, 1890
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90131300

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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 Berge, L.. Illustrateur; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-assumed}} {{PD-old-assumed-text}} {{PD-old-assumed/core}} {{PD-old-warning-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.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.