Versailles France Original Travel Poster
- ca 1920s
- F Prodhomme
-
24 1/2 x 39 inches ~ (60 x 99 cm)$2,185
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
- Add to Cart Add to Wishlist E-Mail Us About This Poster
Fabulous Art Deco poster of the Neptune Fountain at the royal palace of Versailles. This example is before lettering (avant de lettrage), the artwork of the poster would have been printed first leaving room for various text to be added.
Published by Chemins de for de L'etat Reseau de la mer et du Tourisme and Society des Fetes Versaillaises
The fountains at Versailles were meticulously designed for royal tastes, but more mundane issues, like engineering, were evidently always a problem. "The 18th-century waterworks at Marly - the Machine de Marly that fed the fountains— was possibly the biggest mechanical system of its time. The water came in from afar on monumental stone aqueducts which have long ago fallen into disrepair or been torn down. Some aqueducts, were never completed for want of resources or due to the exigencies of war. Despite enormous investment in canals and machinery for hoisting water, Versailles never had a sufficient water supply for its hundreds of fountains. When the King promenaded in the gardens, fountains were turned on only when the King was approaching them, and turned off after he departed. Today, only a few fountains are supplied with water, and only operate on a very limited schedule."
