SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil 19th century autographs methods and proportions

methods and proportions

softening the white to almost gray and resulting in a fine alligatoring of the paint

and for including a complete set of prints showing the completed images for five of the sides

in this case with a whole history of reinforcements evident

SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil 19th century autographs methods and proportionsI find these old brass surveyors architects stencils so beautiful paper thin, finely made, and really shining rather like liquid gold in the light. I purchased a lot of them from a seller in England, and have broken them up into smaller thematic groups. These would have been used to annotate blueprints architectural renderings, but as a lover of found language I like them as small, evocative signs of sorts, which could be interesting in all sorts