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Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés, Steinlen, 1895

A mother, a child and a cat over a bowl of chocolate.

What

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen's poster for the Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés, printed by Courmont Frères, 10 rue Bréguet, Paris, in 1895; the BnF sheet measures 80 by 60 cm.

Why

Steinlen loved cats and drew them into his posters, and here one leans in toward the bowl.

Notice

The child holds the bowl in both hands, the mother pours, and the black cat stretches up from the table edge.

“Steinlen's warmest poster, about breakfast.”

Format

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Printer: Courmont Frères, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Compagnie française des Chocolats et des thés affiche, Steinlen, affiche, 1895
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9004763g

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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 1895, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Théophile Alexandre Steinlen; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US}} {{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.

This brand was gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.