The legendary champagne house of Perrier-Jouët keeps on celebrating its 200-years anniversary with a suite of sophisticated frescoes, created by artist Jo Lynn Alcorn. The five flower-suites correspond with the Perrier-Jouët’s five cuvees and the qualities and flavor notes found in each. 

Photo: cuvée Belle Epoque Rosé, www.perrier-jouet.com

Paper artist Jo Lynn Alcorn was tasked to create paper frescoes inspired by both nature and cuvees. Being an adept of Art Nouveau Mrs. Alcorn interpreted nature in a Perrier-Jouët’s aesthetic and created elaborated frescoes of hand-cut paper. Alcorn worked with images of the Perrier-Jouët house and its bottles in her Connecticut studio quickly cutting from white Canson paper, forming flowers, vines, fruits, and the typography for Perrier-Jouët by hand, says White Wall.

To cut the details of the House of Perrier-Jouët and its doors precisely, the artist used an electric paper cutter. Then the frescoes were flown to France where Alcorn worked closely with Japanese photographer Kanji Ishi to photograph frescos that sometimes reached up to four feet in length and height.

The series of frescoes include a whole palette of tender natural colors and forms: white anemones draped over the house of Perrier-Jouët, white garland with robust bursts of green, strawberries and roses, spiraling flowers, butterflies, honeycombs, and golden blooms.

The champagne maker has also collaborated with such artists as Danial Arsham to create an original gift-case and Kareem Iliya who created ink compositions depicting the dandy epoch. A French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has also created a champagne tasting table: the Perrier-Jouët Flower table.

The house of Perrier-Jouët was established in 1811 by Pierre-Nicolas-Marie Perrier and Adele Jouët. The house owns 160 acres of vineyards in the Épernay region of Champagne, France where the most outstanding chardonnay grapes which is the primary ingredient to its champagnes, grows. Perrier-Jouët has developed its strategy of champagne producing as a form of art. The first original bottles were designed by Emile Gallé, a master of the Art Nouveau style in 1902. Since then, the white anemones embellish Perrier-Jouët’s bottle. The champagne house has gathered a private collection of Art Nouveau works showcased in their guest house, the Maison Belle Epoque. A smaller part of the gallery is available online.

Photo: cuvée Belle Epoque, www.perrier-jouet.com

Photo: the process of making the frescoes, www.perrier-jouet.com