Plan-relief of the city of Paris in plaster and papier-mâché, patinated and painted on a wooden core. Constructed by Charles Muret, surveyor with the Paris Plan Department, based on curves deduced from various documents issued by the Works Department. Planimetry: 1/20,000 - Altimetry: 1/3 333... Stamp. Probably before 1896 (Palais de l'industrie still present), with possible addition of the routes of the first metro lines. 93 x 119 cm. Damage and missing parts, especially at the edges. Tears to labels. Possible repainting. Framed in blackened wood. Three similar relief plans of Paris by Charles Muret are preserved: one at the CNAM dated 1879, one at the BNF dated between 1889 and 1896 and one at the Musée des Plans et Reliefs built in 1889.
Estimate
€1,300 - €1,500
Result
€1,300
Buyer's premium
25%
Plan-relief of the city of Paris in plaster and papier-mâché, patinated and painted on a wooden core.
Constructed by Charles Muret, surveyor with the Paris Plan Department, based on curves deduced from various documents issued by the Works Department.
Planimetry: 1/20,000 - Altimetry: 1/3 333...
Stamp.
Probably before 1896 (Palais de l'industrie still present), with possible addition of the routes of the first metro lines.
93 x 119 cm.
Damage and missing parts, especially at the edges. Tears to labels. Possible repainting.
Framed in blackened wood.
Three similar relief plans of Paris by Charles Muret are preserved: one at the CNAM dated 1879, one at the BNF dated between 1889 and 1896 and one at the Musée des Plans et Reliefs built in 1889.
Sale
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