Contes mauve
Contes mauve is a 1921 Paris fairy-tale collection published by Boivin & Cie, written by Robert-Dumas and illustrated by Maurice Lalau for a French readership. Its pictures are pen-and-ink line drawings with light hatching and simple settings: a witch climbing a tree, a woman with a staff at a doorway, a girl beside a soap bubble in a clearing, and a crowned king bowing before young men. A designer could draw on their economical contour lines and folkloric costume detail for storybook or heritage-style work.
