Svelte, Bicycles poster, Art Deco, Rare, Original France Lithograph, Military

Original ca1890s St. Étienne's Society of the Manufactures of Arms and Cycles Original Poster

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Date: ca1890

Size: 47" x 62" (120 x 158cms)

Condition: B, Archival backing.

Artist: Anon

Description: Extremely scarce original ca1880s poster showing the French Legion of Republican Guards standing with their cycles. This poster has age toning and minor margin repairs. Printing information in lower right margin.

The brand of Svelte bicycles was manufactured by the Société Manufacturière d'Armes et Cycles, founded by a man named Levy at the end of the 19th century in Saint-Etienne.
This brand will become in the 20s, the official supplier of folding bikes for the army, the Legion and the Republican Guard. Very beautiful piece.