Terrot Catalog 1893 First Edition

Terrot Poster Gallery

Terrot posters remain among the most sought-after cycling artifacts to emerge from the first half of the 20th century. Their unique blend of aesthetic appeal and commercial impact combines to form indelible images that stay with us for years. Here are some of our favorite and most memorable Terrot poster designs from between 1896 and 1953:

Sepia Terrot Dijon cycles and automobiles poster, circa 1900, a woman cycling out of a railway tunnel as a steam locomotive approaches
Colour Cycles Terrot Dijon poster, circa 1901, an elegant woman seated in an early automobile beside a tunnel with a steam train
Cycles Terrot Dijon poster, circa 1901, a woman in checked bloomers riding out of a stone railway tunnel as a red locomotive nears
Terrot Dijon cycles and automobiles poster, circa 1901, a woman in brown riding a bicycle from a stone tunnel arch with a steam train behind
Cycles Terrot Dijon poster by D'Ante, 1896, a cyclist greeting a woman in regional dress with a black dog on a country road
Comic Terrot Dijon poster by Dréville, 1913, a harlequin freewheeling downhill reading a newspaper, captioned that riding a Terrot is always coasting downhill
Ornate Terrot Dijon poster, 1898, a central vignette of a couple with a bicycle framed by art nouveau flowers, with tandem and roadster insets
Art deco Terrot poster by J. Le Tord, 1939, two cyclists climbing a curving mountain road high above a green valley
Ornate Terrot Dijon poster, 1893, a central vignette of a couple with a bicycle framed by art nouveau flowers, with tandem and roadster insets
Bicyclettes Terrot Dijon poster by L. Baylac, 1894, a woman in a yellow floral blouse standing with a bicycle as a cyclist rides past a village
Terrot Dijon cycles and automobiles poster by Tamagno, 1902, a woman cycling from a stone tunnel as a steam locomotive emerges
Terrot Dijon cycles and motorcycles poster by Tamagno, 1903, a woman descending a mountain path past a Col du Tourmalet danger sign, riders behind
Terrot Dijon cycles and motorcycles poster by Tamagno, 1904, a man riding an early Terrot motorcycle on a coast road with a woman cycling behind
Terrot Dijon touring bicycles poster by Tamagno, 1905, a man and woman pausing on an alpine path near a Chamonix milestone with snowy peaks beyond
Terrot Dijon touring bicycles poster by Tamagno, 1906, a couple resting on a headland at sunset with Mont-Saint-Michel and two bicycles below
Terrot Dijon Cycles Motorettes poster by Tamagno, 1907, a woman cycling at night past a floodlit exhibition palace and a crowd of riders
Terrot Dijon Cycles Motorettes poster by Tamagno, 1908, a woman on a bicycle beneath a tree as a biplane and an early automobile pass at sunset
Cycles Terrot Dijon poster by Plouzeau, 1900, a red-haired woman cycling out of a stone tunnel as a small locomotive approaches on the tracks
Art deco Terrot Cycles Dijon poster by V. Dumay, 1933, a man and woman cycling side by side above bold stylised Terrot lettering
Terrot poster by V. Dumay, 1952, a goggled rider on a Terrot motorcycle with a woman waving from a bicycle, for cycles velomoteurs scooters and motos
Terrot Le Vélo de l'Union Française poster by V. Dumay, circa 1950, a man riding a bicycle no-hands before a Terrot shop in a colonial tropical setting
Spanning the brand's full lifespan from the 1890s through the 1950s, these lithographed Terrot advertising posters trace changing artistic styles, from ornate Art Nouveau tunnel-and-train scenes to bold Art Deco lettering and mid-century tropical imagery, while a bicycle (and later a motorcycle) remains the constant centrepiece.

Related Ebykr Article:

Terrot: Forging the Way – https://www.ebykr.com/terrot-forging-the-way/

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