Façade principale d'un Etal (Mr Aubry, stall elevation drawing) – Vintage Wall Art
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Façade principale d'un Etal (Mr Aubry, stall elevation drawing) comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Façade principale d'un Etal (Mr Aubry, stall elevation drawing)
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Rather than a scene of market life, this is a measured drawing of the front of a single stall, the main elevation as an architect or builder would set it out on paper, credited in the title to a Mr Aubry. Elevation drawings like this showed a structure's front face at true scale, without perspective, so a carpenter or mason could read its proportions, openings and fittings directly. Stalls of this kind were a common part of nineteenth-century French markets, where repeatable fixtures let vendors set up each day. The drawing is worth a closer look for how it treats the working front as the main concern, a reminder that market design was largely a practical craft.
| Original scan | 2,166 × 2,532 px · prints to 7 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12636_HallescentralesdeParisameacute |
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