Notice sur les vernis Soehnée Frères
A trade catalogue issued in Paris in 1901 by Soehnée Frères, a French varnish maker, presenting its varnishes for cabinetmaking, metal, and artists to dealers and craftsmen. The plates are lithographed or printed illustrations of labelled glass bottles set against plain grounds, with specimen captions and medal marks. A designer could draw on the crisp, symmetrical product still lifes and the tidy label typography, with its mix of bold sans-serif and small caps, for packaging or vintage label layouts.
