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LastDodo number
4581137
Area
Poster
Title
Electrische Drukkerij 'T Kasteel van Aemstel
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Year
1904
Number produced
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Printing technique
Colouring
Dimensions
36.0 x 25.5 cm
Details

Description part of the company poster printed on hard paper Imprinted letters and border in gold Part is in excellent condition The back of the poster is used as a background for the print. t Castle of Aemstel Introduction PRINTING WORKSHOP with OFFICES, called '' t Kasteel van Aemstel ', realized on an irregular site in 1904-1905, after a design in a sober Art Nouveau style by A.J. Joling on behalf of P.J.F. Vermeulen on behalf of the Naamloos V Bedrijf Dagblad and Drukkerij 'De Tijd'. The construction work was carried out by the Amsterdamsche Fabriek van Cement-IJzerwerken, system Monier. The tile panels were designed by Th. Molkenboer and are made by the tile factory 'Holland' in Utrecht. The marble works are by Weegewijs and the sculptures, both in stone and in wood, by M.J. Hack. The red glazing stone comes from the F. van der Loo factory in Dieren. Contractors were F. van den Berg and H. van den Biggelaar. Description Printing house built on an irregular floor plan of two rectangles in red glazed brick, with offices consisting of the basement, ground floor and two floors. The whole is covered by a gable roof with terracotta-colored asbestos slates. The façade has eight window axes and consists of a wide middle risalite with a bay window over three floors ending in a gable with a plug-in roof. Loggia on the second floor with openwork parapet of natural stone. Hard and sandstone has been used for the base, tires, door and window lintels and covers. The rectangular window openings are regularly placed in the facade. The entrance is in the far right bay. Above the entrance an aedicula. In the pediment a carved bird. In the top of the facade tile pictures depicting situations from the life of Gijsbrecht van Aemstel. To the right of the tile tableau engraved in stone 'Ao Di 1904'. Painted on tiles below: 'T CASTLE OF AEMSTEL. In the hood two dormer windows with two cuckoos above, the last two covered by a turret. On the street side, the building is bordered by a fence between hard stone posts. Appreciation Former printing works and offices of the NV daily newspaper 'De Tijd' in a sober Art Nouveau style of general interest because of its architectural-historical value as well as of typological and cultural-historical value as a special expression of a socio-economic development, namely the Nieuwe Ztijd Voorburgwal as a former newspaper boulevard .

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