Tag: Food in art

What’s for dinner? Wishing mine was more like the dining moments immortalized here in this 1938 “Larousse Gastronomique.” Written by maitre cuisinier Prosper Montagné, collaborating with a Doctor Alfred Gottschalk and with Escoffier to write the preface. Published in Paris. Where better?






Front cover, View 11 of maitre cuisinier Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f11.item





ASPICS: En haut, aspic de blancs de volailles; en bas, aspic de langouste. (Dressés par M. Laurin). View 127. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f127.item





BŒUF : En haut (de gauche à droite) : tournedos Helder et petits filets Clamart ; au milieu, salade de bœuf à la parisienne ; en bas, côte de bœuf aux primeurs (Dressés à l’Écu de France). View 225. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f225.item





CHOU : En haut : chartreuse de perdreau et les éléments qui entrent dans sa composition. (Dressée chez Prunier). En bas : choucroute a l’alsacienne. (Dressée A l’alsacienne par M. Morand).  View 339. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f339.item#





COQUILLAGES ET CRUSTACÉS : De gauche à droite : Langouste Cardinal ; Langouste à la parisienne ; Dressed crabs ; crevettes roses en cascade ; Fruits de mer. View 405. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f405.item#





ENTREMETS : à gauche : Omelette à la norvégienne et Poires à l’Impératrice (Café de Paris). A droite : Boule de neige et Pain de crêpes flambées. (reine Pédaugue.)  View 471. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f471.item#





GATEAUX SYMBOLIQUES ET RITUELS : De haut en bas : Couronne des rois (région du sud-ouest) garnie de houx ; Gâteau d’anniversaire portant ses bougies ; Gâteau de baptême surmonté d’une cigogne ; Wedding-cake (gâteau de mariage), orné de clochettes ; Buche de Noël ; Galette des rois accompagnée de la couronne. View 569. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f569.item#





MOUTON : En haut : Moussaka de mouton et ses éléments de composition. En bas : Selle de mouton Richelieu. View 749. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f749.item#





ŒUFS : En haut à gauche : Un œuf d’autruche, un œuf de tortue et un œuf de vanneau (vert piqueté de noir) ; au-dessous et successivement : Œufs glacés à l’ancienne, caviar (œufs d’esturgeon) sur glace pileée et caviar rose (œufs de saumon). A droite, de haut en bas ; Œufs moules Careme, œufs mollets ambassadrice , omelette fourree a la florentine. View 783. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f783.item#





POISSONS: De haut en bas: Turbot Reine Pédauque, Filets de sole Joinville et Tronçon de saumon glacé  à la parisienne.  View 867. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f867.item# though I found it here posted by Gallica bnf on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/gallicabnf/p/DPyDrRujeVw/?hl=en





TABLE DRESSÉE : (Nappe de Noël. Argenterie de Tétrard. Vaisselle et cristallerie de Jean Luce. Ensemble de L. et M. Jallot.)  View 1065. Taken from maitre cuisinier  Prosper Montagné’s 1228-page work Larousse Gastronomique, which was published in Paris in 1938 by Larousse Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques.  gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t54200623b/f1065.item#






			

				

					
				

			
	


	



			
				


			

			
Dress up your dessert party with cakes moulded as pineapples, fish or wooden shoes.Cake moulds and other related items from a 1932 commercial catalogue from Létang Fils which has been around since they were founded in 1832.
		
	
	

		

MOULES por NOUGAT. Image 7 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0007.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





MOULES por ENTREMETS et BISCUITS; MOULES pour BORDURES. Image 8 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0008.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





MOULES DOUBLES en FER BLANC pour PATISSERIE: pièce montée Renaissance. por Nougat et Sucre. Image 17 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0017.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail 





PIÈCES MONTÉES pour NOUGAT et SUCRE. Image 19 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0019.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





PIÈCES MONTÉES pour NOUGAT et SUCRE. Image 20 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0020.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





MOULES a MADELEINES par 1.  Not sure about a madeleine shaped like a lobster. (center, 5th row down). Image 31 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0031.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





PLAQUES a BISCUITS. A tennis racket in the middle row between two fish options and a rooster.  Image 53 from a 1932 Létang Fils Biscuiterie pâtisserie. 108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. Rousselot & Cie, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002009732/v0053.simple.highlight=g%C3%A2teau.selectedTab=thumbnail





visit Létang Fils in real time or here https://www.letang-fils.com/historique_en.html






	


	



			
				


			

			
Advertisements that sing summer in any summer. Doesn’t matter what year. Watermelon themed catalog covers from Reuter’s Seeds, a New Orleans, Louisiana supplier of seeds, bulbs, plants, and other gardening products. 1910s-1930s.
		
	
	

		

Reuter’s Seeds for the South catalog.  Christopher Reuter, New Orleans, Louisiana USA. Spring 1918 issue. Image © Southeastern Architectural Archive, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane, University. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://web.archive.org/web/20100527235807/http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAA%20Summer%20Exhibit/Garden%20Exhibit%20Summer/Reuters%201918.html





Reuter’s Seeds for the South catalog.  Christopher Reuter, New Orleans, Louisiana USA. Spring 1927 issue. Image © Southeastern Architectural Archive, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane, University. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://web.archive.org/web/20100527235813/http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAA%20Summer%20Exhibit/Garden%20Exhibit%20Summer/Reuters%201927.html





Reuter’s Seeds for the South catalog.  Christopher Reuter, New Orleans, Louisiana USA. Spring 1930 issue. Image © Southeastern Architectural Archive, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane, University. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://web.archive.org/web/20100527235746/http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAA%20Summer%20Exhibit/Garden%20Exhibit%20Summer/Reuters%201930-2.html





 






	


	



			
				


			

			
Have a luncheon table that looks like a vegetable garden with porcelain that looks like asparagus. Various makers.
		
	
	

		

Barbotine majolica covered asparagus server with matching platter, the server bottom having holes to allow excess water to drain onto the platter by design, providing drip free serving. Cream with green and eggplant highlights. ca. 1880s. French. Ceramic. Keller and Guerin, makers. Image © 2024 Chairish, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/8492400/19th-century-french-barbotine-covered-asparagus-server-with-matching-platter-by-keller-guerin?epik=dj0yJnU9S0dNZENCdWVXLW9WYURpY2J1b0RXaExLSi1Tb3RRQUYmcD0wJ






Majolica ceramic two piece asparagus serving set, a divided handled platter and footed sauce boat, both pieces molded as ribboned and bent asparagus spears. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil, made in the early 1900s. Made in Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic but was then part of Austria-Hungary. Julius Dressler, maker. Marked with the Tower stamp used by Julius Dressler in the early 1900s. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/serving-pieces/julius-dressler-majolica-asparagus-serving-set-two-pieces/id-f_3748632/





Barbotine majolica asparagus pitcher with a turquoise glazed interior modeled as a bundle of white and green asparagus with purple spear tips, tied at the center and bottom with a red ribbon. The handle resembles a bent asparagus spear. Mid 20th c. French. Maker not known but inscribed Made in France to the base. Image © 2024 BLACK-EYED SUSANS BOUTIQUE LLC. Fair use license. via https://black-eyedsusansantiques.com/product/mid-century-french-barbotine-asparagus-pitcher/





Minton majolica asparagus cradle naturalistically modelled as a bundle of asparagus fixed to an aesthetic movement base. ca. 1870-1871. Ceramic. Made in England by Minton. Maker’s marks: impressed Minton and year code for 1871, with registration diamond for 25 February 1870. Image © Premier Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.premierantiques.co.uk/rare-minton-majolica-aesthetic-movement-asparagus-cradle-c1871-2739-p.asp






Pair of covered tobacco jars, shaped like a bunch of asparagus with naturalistic polychrome decoration. ca. 17655-1765. French. Soft-porcelain, ceramic. Mennecy Manufacture, maker. Maker’s marks: marked D.V. in relief. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collections-provenant-des-familles-cosse-brissac-dormesson-la-bedoyere/paire-de-pots-tabac-couverts-en-porcelaine-tendre-10/273816?ldp_breadcrumb=back






	


	



			
				


			

			
Images taken from an album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit, nineteenth century. Chinese school. Some are captioned in Chinese.
		
	
	

		






Melon. Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2





Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2










Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2





Part of a 19th century Chinese school album of watercolor drawings of plants, insects and fruit. Artist not known. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain to age. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-library-of-henry-rogers-broughton-2nd-baron-fairhaven-part-ii-2/chinese-school-album-of-watercolour-drawings-of-2










The album was in the collections of Winifred Bois. Winifred Bois was the daughter of Frederic William Bois, (1848-1921). Frederic was an amateur photographer who exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, and whose family had held a prominent place in the mercantile life of Ceylon since the 1860s. Winifred traveled extensively in the Far East. She collected Chinese school watercolors.