Grasse 1927

Roger Broders's Grasse of 1927 is an ode to ease and fragrance, the kind of image that seems to carry the scent of the hills it depicts. Created for the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway, it celebrates the celebrated Alpes-Maritimes resort renowned as the perfume capital of the world.

The scene is one of unhurried pleasure. Elegantly dressed travellers relax on a sun-drenched terrace, the Côte d'Azur spread below them, while the Old City of Grasse cascades behind like a natural amphitheatre, crowned by its venerable cathedral. Broders works in a delicate palette that captures the essence of the place, a harmonious meeting of Mediterranean warmth and alpine cool, where flowers and perfume define the very landscape. It is a portrait of a destination that promises to soothe every sense at once. Long the heart of the world's great perfume houses, Grasse turned its fields of jasmine and rose into an art, and Broders lets that gentle luxury perfume the whole composition.

Roger Broders (1883-1953) was a leading French Art Deco poster designer whose luminous railway images lured a generation toward the Alps, the Jura and the sun-drenched Riviera. His flat planes of saturated colour and elegant simplification made him one of the most collectable names of the golden age of rail, and in Grasse that refinement takes on a softer, more atmospheric register.

Art Deco, the movement behind the poster, emerged in 1920s France as a celebration of speed, luxury and machine-age geometry. Its designers distilled sweeping scenery into bold, stylised colour, lending travel imagery its streamlined modern glamour. Broders adapts that language to Grasse's gentle light, proving the style could whisper as persuasively as it could shout.

Displayed large, the poster becomes a serene focal point, its terrace view and warm palette bringing light and calm to a room. It sits beautifully above a sofa, bed or console, anchors a gallery wall of Riviera and travel prints, and suits a living room, bedroom, hallway, sunroom or home spa, offering a breath of Provençal ease wherever it hangs.

Each print is produced to order on premium 189 gsm museum-grade archival matte paper with fade-resistant pigment inks, for rich, gallery-quality colour and crisp, faithful detail. Choose your size from the drop-down menu: 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 20x30 or 24x36 inches. Orders are carefully packaged and shipped rolled in a sturdy tube, or flat for the smallest size; a frame is not included.

This is a faithful fine-art reproduction of the original stone lithograph, colour-matched and printed to archival standards rather than a flat mass-market copy. It preserves the texture and character of the antique poster while arriving crisp, clean and ready to frame.

It makes a memorable gift for anyone who loves vintage travel posters, the French Riviera and Provence, perfume and flowers, or Art Deco design, and a lasting way to bring a piece of Côte d'Azur charm into a home, studio or workplace.