Alphonse Mucha has been named by some art historians as the "pre-eminent lithographic artist of the French Art Nouveau movement," but he did much to popularize the Art Nouveau style in decorative Arts as well. In addition to lithographs, he designed jewelry, silverware, wallpapers, commercial posters, sculpture, embroidery, rugs, and fabrics. Femme a la Marguerite presents Mucha's vision of the decorative, exotic, Art Nouveau woman in the same graphic style that he had established in 1894 with his poster of actress Sarah Bernhardt, entitled Gismonda. This printed velveteen was one of a number of watercolors Mucha created for the commercial design studio Atelier C..G..Forrer of Paris, variations of which were sold by the London firm Hines, Stroud & Co. of London. The panel was intended for domestic uses, such as fire screen panels and cushion covers.