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Ambassadeurs, Quadrille des Clodoches, Choubrac, 1890

The Clodoches fall out of the sky.

What

Alfred Choubrac's poster for the Quadrille des Clodoches, set by Darras, at the Ambassadeurs, from the Ateliers Choubrac at Colombes, dated 1890 on the BnF record.

Why

The Clodoches were a troupe of comic quadrille dancers, and their act was knockabout.

Notice

A soldier, a nursemaid and a clown tumble head over heels down the sheet.

“A dance hall farce, set at full speed.”

Format

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Alfred Choubrac
Printer: Ateliers Choubrac, Colombes
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Ambassadeurs. Quadrille des Clodoches réglé par Darras, affiche, 1890
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b53127703h

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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 Alfred Choubrac; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. 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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