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Uma Casa da Beira Baixa

Model
mid 20th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (founder)
Place of origin
Portugal (published)

Unmade paper models in sheet form, one depicting a house in the former Beira Baixa province of Portugal, the other a garage. Printed as a supplement to the Portuguese children's magazine, O Mosquito, dated mid 20th century


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Children & Childhood
Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type
Model
TitleUma Casa da Beira Baixa (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour printed paper
Paper
Ink
Colour Printing
Print-Making
Lithography
Brief description
Unmade paper models in sheet form, one depicting a house in the former Beira Baixa province of Portugal, the other a garage. Printed as a supplement to the Portuguese children's magazine, O Mosquito, dated mid 20th century
Physical description
Supplement to a magazine printed with two paper model designs. One for a red roofed house, the other for a garage. Printed in black, red, brown and green ink on seven sheets. An illustration of the made up model is printed on the first sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.8cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Credit line
Given by the V&A Americas Foundation through the generosity of Robert Freidus
Object history
Part of the Robert Freidus Architectural Paper Model Collection.
Subjects depicted
Buildings
Houses
Garages
Place depicted
Portugal
Summary
Unmade paper models in sheet form, one depicting a house in the former Beira Baixa province of Portugal, the other a garage. Printed as a supplement to the Portuguese children's magazine, O Mosquito, dated mid 20th century
Other numbers
  • 18651 - Freidus Numbering
  • 18652 - Freidus Numbering
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.3975-2022

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Record createdJune 26, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1295815/uma-casa-da-beira-baixa-model-unknown/
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