XIR176293 Confetti, 1893 (colour litho) (see also 84459) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France; (add.info.: Advertising the new paper form of confetti. Spray or splatter technique of lithography; a woman smiles blissfully, floating in the paper confetti that is being sprinkled over her. Ever since the 1892 Mardi Gras, plaster confetti had been banned in Paris as it had proved too dangerous when thrown near passers-by. This poster was commissioned by J &E Bella, a British stationery company, which had invented a safer form of confetti, manufactured from paper, rather than plaster. ); French, out of copyright.