Building with iron & stone.

Title & Author:

Building with iron & stone.

Publication:

[approximately 1910] (Rudolstadt, Thur[ingen] : Keller Brothers)

Description:

1 set of building blocks (101 pieces) : compressed and dyed sandstone ; various sizes in wooden box 23 x 30 x 5 cm

Notes:
A stone building block set with post and lintel structure acting as support system. Set D5 according to label mounted on side of box. Label has title 'Keller's stone blocks', with Keller's "Diamant" trade mark.
Title from printed (chromolithograph) label mounted on recto of lid. Packing diagram for set mounted on verso of lid.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.

Summary:

Cover graphic for the set, printed by Leipziger Kunstdruck-und-Verlags-Anstalt, depicts the Brooklyn Bridge, Forth Bridge and other engineering accomplishments. However, only the few stone pieces shown in the foreground of the picture resemble the contents of the box. Nothing akin to the complex structures portrayed can be built with the neo-classical castings in the set. The cover graphic also includes a phoenix with printed inscription "Phönix Marke registered."

Resources:
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Subject:

F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Blocks (Toys) Germany Specimens.
Toys Germany Specimens.
Cubes (Pièces de jeu) Allemagne Spécimens.
Jouets Allemagne Spécimens.
Blocks (Toys)
Toys
Germany

Form/genre:

Specimens

Added entries:

Keller Brothers.
Keller's stone blocks.

Holdings:

Location: Library main objects 61105
Call No.: TS2301.T7.S7 K44 1910
Status: Available

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