Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three vintage painted metal sign Ten pages including cover

Ten pages including cover

I am not certain the age of this card

The young man looks some combination of bored

I love everything about this photograph

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three vintage painted metal sign Ten pages including coverI find these old brass surveyors architects stencils so beautiful paper thin, finely made, and shining rather like liquid gold in the light. I purchased a lot of them from a seller in England, and have broken them up into smaller thematic groups. These would have been used to annotate blueprints architectural renderings, but as a lover of found language I like them as small, evocative signs of sorts, which could be interesting in all sorts contexts.