Something sweet has just arrived at Gatto Nero Publishing: a fresh batch of restored vintage chocolate and cacao posters — nine Italian beauties, one French masterpiece, and one very distinguished Swiss export. Zero calories, all flavour. If your kitchen walls could do with a little more cioccolato in their lives, read on.

Turin: the city that took chocolate seriously

Pick any Italian city at random and it will happily claim to have invented something delicious. But Turin has receipts. Hot chocolate is said to have been served at the Savoy court as early as the 1500s, when Turin became the capital of Savoy — and the city never really stopped. By the 1700s, its historic cafés were famous for the bicerin and for cioccolato caldo thick enough to stand a spoon in. In 1865, Turin’s own Caffarel gave the world gianduja, the ingenious marriage of cocoa and local Piedmont hazelnuts that later inspired Nutella’s distinguished ancestor.

In other words: when you hang a vintage Turin chocolate poster on your wall, you’re not just decorating. You’re citing a primary source.

Talmone: Turin’s chocolate dynasty

Founded in Turin in 1858, Talmone became one of Italy’s most beloved chocolate and biscuit houses — and, helpfully for us, one of its most enthusiastic patrons of poster art. Our collection includes no fewer than four Talmone designs: the richly characterful Cacao Talmone by Oschner (1890–1924), Alberto Rossi’s confident and appetising Chocolat M. Talmone of 1909, Romolo Bernardi’s deep-brown Cacao Chocolat Talmone (1900–1918), and Simonne Graterolle’s moving wartime Cacao Talmone of 1941 — created in an era when a simple cup of cocoa was a genuine comfort.

Davit: the comfort-food classic

If the Talmone posters are the aristocrats, Davit is the friend who always knows where to get the best pastries. Our two Davit designs — the Davit Cioccolato Cacao Torino poster from the 1930s–40s and the wonderfully named “Panina Panina” design from the early 20th century — capture a Torino brand that made cocoa a daily household ritual.

The Torino originals

Rounding out the Turin story: Alberto Bianchi’s warm and creamy Crema Cacao Buton (1940–50), and the beautifully detailed Cacao Cioccolato by Beata e Perrone (1890–1910) — a Belle Époque treasure from the city’s golden age of confectionery advertising.

La Perugina, and why Perugia gets a word in

One glorious exception to the Turin rule: Cioccolato La Perugina by Federico Seneca (1915–25). Perugia’s most famous chocolatier — later the home of Baci — hired Seneca as its house designer, and his bold, modernist graphics turned a regional brand into a national icon. His posters are among the most collectible of all Italian food advertising. One look and you’ll see why.

Beyond the Alps

Because chocolate speaks every language, we’ve added two continental cousins: Alphonse Mucha’s exquisite Art Nouveau Biscuits Champagne for Lefèvre-Utile (1896) — all flowing hair, ornamental lines and edible elegance — and the supremely reassuring Cacao Suchard (1900–1910) from Switzerland, the country that pretty much wrote the book on cocoa respectability.

How to hang them (without overindulging)

Chocolate posters are the little black dress of kitchen décor: they go with everything and never try too hard. A single large Talmone print above the cooker is a statement. A gallery wall mixing the Bernardi, Rossi and Oschner designs turns a pantry into a very tasteful salotto del cioccolato. Pair them with wooden boards, copper pans and a general air of knowing what soffritto means. Instant Mediterranean credibility.

Explore the collection

Every poster in this collection is a digitally restored, print-ready instant digital download — five high-resolution file sizes, yours for less than the price of a decent bar of single-origin. Browse the whole range in our Printable Vintage Wall Art and Vintage Food & Drink Posters collections. Your kitchen will thank you. Your espresso will feel seen.

Cin — cioccolato! 🍫