Martha Romme. 12 pochoir watercolours signed

"Les douze mois de l'année" - The twelve months of the Year
Stunning and extremely hard to find portofolio by M. Romme. (french designer - couturier)
Complete. 14 sheets. 12 are genuine Pochoir watercolors. One for each month of the year. (French revolution calendar).
1919. Hand signed by Martha Romme. Numbered 135 / 250.
Excellent condition. Ready to be framed. Please look at the close up pictures to see the quality of Pochoir with so fresh colors and glittery effects, not so easy to catch with my camera.
Size is 12.5" x 9.75

What is Pochoir technique ?
Simply stated, pochoir is the French word for stencil. In the 1920’s and 30’s Art Deco era, the color application process of the stencil was rejuvenated by the French, bringing color illustration processes for books and prints to new glorious heights. This interest in exploring the stencil process came in reaction to the proliferation of machine printing and the poor quality of color reproductions in publishing. With pochoir printing, the hand application of layers of pigment created dazzling effects that the camera or printing press could never replicate. Earlier stencil works, typically used for decorative surface ornament were quite primitive, with applied color areas outlined by the supporting cutout framework. New experimental techniques in pochoir refined the process using multiple layers of color applications for a single print. Pochoir printing was also easily combined with images made by lithography, woodcut, wood engraving, line drawings, or etchings, thus turning a decorative technique into fine art. Jean Saudé was one of the foremost artists to explore and promote pochoir techniques and his treatise, Traité d’Enluminure d’Art au Pochoir, published in 1925 did much to further this art form.