Projet d'enceinte pour gonflement d'aerostat / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris. – Vintage Wall Art
![Projet d'enceinte pour gonflement d'aerostat / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris., [1868?] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ed/ed0a92af4ebe-L.webp)
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Projet d'enceinte pour gonflement d'aerostat / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Projet d'enceinte pour gonflement d'aerostat / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris.
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A design for a walled enclosure built to hold a balloon during inflation, the drawing is signed by J. Chavoutier, an architect with an address on rue Louis Le Grand in Paris. In the 1860s, filling a large gas balloon was a costly, delicate operation that needed shelter from wind and a fixed place to work, so a purpose-built yard like this one reflects how seriously French aeronauts were taking the logistics of flight. The sheet is in ink and watercolor and comes from the Tissandier collection, assembled by Gaston Tissandier, a balloonist and writer whose papers document the early years of ballooning in France.
| Created / published | [1868?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink and watercolor. |
| Genre | Design drawings 1860-1870.Site plans 1860-1870.Watercolors Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,006 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224015 |
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