Beffroi - beffrey [i.e. belfrey] / RMS. – Antique Print
![Beffroi - beffrey [i.e. belfrey] / RMS., London : Benn Brothers Ltd., [1922] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/68/68d3c6fff112-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Beffroi - beffrey [i.e. belfrey] / RMS. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Beffroi - beffrey [i.e. belfrey] / RMS.
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The French word in the title, *beffroi*, names the tower that housed a town's bells, and in many medieval towns it also served as a civic lookout and symbol of local rights. This color lithograph reimagines that old form in modern terms. It appeared as plate 28 in *A Modern City*, a set of designs by the French architect Rob Mallet-Stevens, whose early 1920s work helped shape modernist architecture with its clean planes and geometric masses. The print was issued in London by Benn Brothers in 1922, offering English-speaking readers a view of how a new city might keep its civic landmarks while leaving behind the ornament of the past.
| Created / published | London : Benn Brothers Ltd., [1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1920-1930.Lithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Illus. in: A Modern city / designs by Rob Mallet-Stevens, architect, pl. 28. |
| Subjects | Bell towers--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,160 × 1,457 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216705 |
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