Lovely French, 1920s (Golden Twenties or Annees Folles) colored prints fashion models in the original frame. A woman and man in fashion outfits named "au Gout du Jour" (up-to-date) and dated 1920. Black print with colors application, with a stunning cobalt blue tone. Frame matte in same blue color. Original wood frame with delicate plaster carved design, ornate with antique gold patina. French captions describe both model outfit.
The Roaring Twenties (or Golden Twenties or Happy Twenties) is a term for society and culture in the 1920s in the Western world. It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the North American Continent and Western Europe, particularly in major cities such as New York, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, Paris, Berlin, London and Los Angeles. In France, it was known as 'Les Annees Folles' (Crazy Years), emphasizing the era's social, artistic and cultural dynamism.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 ended the era, as the Great Depression set in bringing years of worldwide gloom and hardship.