Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two walk in the woods great rich color

great rich color

Drawing itself: 23 3/4” x 19 7/8”

no tears or losses

The zip-line itself appears like a pair of faint threads pulled through the sky

I believe this dates to the 1920s or so and is a pretty classic one

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two walk in the woods great rich colorI 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. I