Booklet containing cocktail napkins (8)

ca. 1952

Place madeUnited States, North America

Linen, paper

Overall (booklet): 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 in. (24.1 × 16.5 × 0.6 cm)
Each (napkin): 8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.3 × 13 cm)

Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon

2000.807a-i

Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.

DescriptionPrinted paper booklet with an image of a rooster holding a cocktail shaker and a martini glass; booklet contains 8 cocktail napkins each printed with a different image with a rooster; image of a man holding the tail of a rooster in flight; rooster carring a tray of cocktails; rooster tending bar; rooster standing on the back of a drunk man; rooster standing on a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket; rooster drinking a martini; rooster holding a martini and a cocktail shaker; woman holding the tail of a rooster taking flight.

Markingsprinted: on the cover of the booklet: "SRT OF EIGHT/ COCKTAIL NAPKINS/ by Leacock/ FINE IRISH LINEN/ HAND PRINTED - HAND FINISHED/ COPYRIGHT 1952 -LEACOCK & CO. INC./ MOULIN ROUGE" printed: in the lower right corner of each napkin: "fabres"

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