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Chambord : notice sur les travaux de restauration exécutés au château de 1882 à 1894 / par MM. Desbois père et fils

Desbois, Louis Victor, 1827- · 1894 · Paris : Firmin-Didot · 15 pictures

A French architectural report from Paris, published by Firmin-Didot in 1894 by the Desbois father and son, documenting restoration work at the Château de Chambord between 1882 and 1894. The plates are measured engravings of stair towers, window bays and cross-sections, useful to designers studying Renaissance French ornament and architectural drawing conventions, with fine hatching for stone, shadow and depth.

Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- France · Château de Chambord (Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France)

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