Elevations and plans for a chalet-style restuarant, Le Vésinet

People:

Charles Thomine (draughtsman)
Charles Thomine (architect)

Title:

Elevations and plans for a chalet-style restuarant, Le Vésinet

Date:

3 February 1859

Description:

- These elevations and plans show a chalet-style restaurant with a deep veranda. Chalet-style design motifs include the carved woodwork of the eaves, balustrades, and second-story walls. The rendering shows the restaurant set in a country landscape.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black and red ink, some over graphite, with watercolour

Dimensions:

secondary support: 60.5 x 77.5 cm sheet: 42.8 x 59.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0309

Drawing Type:

line drawings
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
plans (drawings)
elevation (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The c. of the secondary support has been cut out so that both sides of the sheet are visible; however, the verso of the sheet is backed with thin paper so that the sheet is no longer translucent.

Inscription:

inscribed, signed, and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, t.: with title; l.r.: "Dressé par l'architecte Soussigné / Paris le 3 Février 1859. / C. Thomine"; u.l.: "Façade Suivant AB"; u.r.: "No. 16. / Façade-laterale-Suivant-CD."; c.l.: "Rez-de-Chaussée"; c.r.: "Plan-du-1er. Etage"; and throughout the b. half of the sheet: with measurements, names of rooms, and letters identifying elevations

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

restaurant
chalet

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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