Allegory of the Trades

Tapisserie d’Aubusson tissée par l’atelier Braquenié.
1958.

A curious poster depicting a family and traditional occupations (fishermen, farmers, etc.) against a backdrop of gasometers and cranes, symbols of modernity, arranged around a (vaguely hexagonal) star: an ode to reconstruction, a political allegory, a piece of propaganda...?