Grasse Framed Collage Print

Grasse Framed Collage Print

White - 8 x 10" / Smooth Matte Fine Art Paper 5.57 oz
$174.00
Sale price  $174.00 Regular price 
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Original Collage · Jeff Barnes · Grasse

Grasse Framed Collage Print

$174.00
Sale price  $174.00 Regular price 
Description

Grasse has been the intellectual center of the fragrance world since the sixteenth century, long before the great Parisian maisons claimed the credit. It was here, on the terraced hillsides above the town, that the Rosa centifolia was cultivated with a seriousness that bordered on obsession and where the vocabulary of modern perfumery was first written.

This original digital collage brings that history to your walls. Each image in this collection is an original work, designed by Jeff Barnes and available exclusively through Vintage Voyagers France. You will not find these compositions anywhere else. They draw on twenty years of immersion in French decorative culture: the labels, the lettering, the particular graphic language of the artisan trade as it existed before the luxury conglomerates standardized everything into oblivion.

Printed to museum standard and framed by hand, each piece arrives ready to anchor a room. Whether it lives above a writing desk, beside a vanity, or in an entryway that deserves something better than a mirror, it carries the weight of a place that earned its reputation over five centuries. 

Specifications & Care

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Specifications

Original Art: Digital Collage by Jeff Barnes, Exclusive to Vintage Voyagers France

Paper Options: Smooth Matte Fine Art Paper 5.57 oz · Textured Matte Fine Art Paper 9.14 oz

Frame: Sturdy White Frame, Back-Mounted, Clear Acrylic Pane

Finish: Museum Standard

Sizes Available

White 8″ × 10″ · White 12″ × 16″ · White 16″ × 24″ · White 20″ × 28″
And four additional sizes up to commanding statement scale

Collection: Vintage Voyagers France Gallery · Companion to the Parfum du Voyage Grasse Candle

A Note from Jeff

Grasse earns its reputation. The terraced hillsides above the town in May, when the Rosa centifolia is in bloom and the air has a density that amounts to its own kind of visual experience, are genuinely unlike anything else in France. The perfumers who have worked here for five centuries were not attracted by sentiment; they came because the conditions were right and they stayed because the results were extraordinary.

This collage is my attempt to put that history on a wall in a way that carries some of the substance of the place rather than merely its name. The labels, the lettering, the particular visual language of the artisan trade as it existed before luxury standardized it — these are the documents of a tradition that deserves more than a postcard.

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