Machines a Coudre de la Cie. Singer (after unknown artist)

 

Christophe Adrien (Count) Regley de Koenigsegg

  1823 - 1903 (biography)

c. 1900  

watercolor 

5 1/8 x 3 5/8"  

not signed 

1 of 1 unique 

 

 

white wove 

 

 

13244 

$400.00 

The original poster that Koenigsegg copied for this miniature watercolor did not include the artist's name, though many posters of the time often did due to their popularity. It did state that the printer was J.E. Goossens at 20 Rue Gérando, Paris. A series of images featuring the bright red "S" of the Singer Manufacturing Company, surrounding a smiling Bellw Epoque beauty, were created between 1895 and 1900 as the popularity of their new electric sewing machines skyrocketed. The "S" would continue to be incorporated into other imagery well into the ealy half of the 20th century. Koenigsegg captures the details of the poster down to the machine's delicate moving parts.