commissioned by a firm to create its company gift.
The idea came to him after being inspired by poems by H. Fabre that mentioned the Provence Cicada.
He came up with a Cicada paper weight resting an olive tree branch.
In 1900, he created the Wall Pocket shaped as a Cicada which became thereafter a very popular subject
You can put dried flowers in it and hang it on a wall
The mouth of the cicada is the opening in which flowers can be set.
It is considered a symbol of good luck in France when, if one wants to respect the tradition,
it is hung slanted outside, by the main entrance door of the house.
The Provence cicada has also become a symbol of vacation and happiness.
See the Fable the Cicada and the Ant by Jean de La Fontaine who was a prolific French writer
in the 17th C. best known for "the Hare and the Tortoise"
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