Bains - bathing house / RMS. – Vintage Print
![Bains - bathing house / RMS., London : Benn Brothers Ltd., [1922] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cc/ccc322d82579-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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Step back in time with Bains - bathing house / RMS., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bains - bathing house / RMS.
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Labeled "Bains," the French word for baths, this color lithograph shows a bathing house drawn in the clean, geometric style of Paris-based architect Rob Mallet-Stevens. It appears as plate 12 in *A Modern City*, a book of his designs published by Benn Brothers in London and dated 1922 in the record, a period when many European architects were moving away from ornament toward simpler forms. A public bathhouse was a typical civic building in such plans, reflecting the era's emphasis on hygiene and public amenities in city design.
| 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. 12. |
| Subjects | Bathhouses--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,447 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216689 |
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