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[LUXEMBOURG] THE PROVINCE OF LUXEMBOURG. Architecture and Decoration. Published by the Comité Provincial de Secours et d'Alimentation du Luxembourg. Section "Architecture". Brussels, Maison Ed. Nels, 1917. 4 folio folders, in sheets, green half cloth edition folders, cardboard plates with laces. 202 plates. I: [4] pp. Marche, Waha, Marloye, Melreux, Durbuy, Barvaux, Wéris, Soy, Fizenne; II: [2] pp. Arlon, Autel-Bas, Hondelange, Attert, Musson, Jamoigne, Rossignol, Villers s/Semois); III: [2] pp. Neufchâteau, Saint-Hubert...; IV: [2] pp. Bastogne, Rolley, Izier. 202 plates depicting typical elements of the province's architectural heritage on churches, castles, farms, houses designed by or under the direction of Adrien Blomme. These are either: portals, facades, gables or bell towers ..., or interior architectural details (ceilings, fireplaces, staircases with balustrades, doors and frames, ...etc). "...] With a team of collaborators, he (Adrien Blomme) produced more than three hundred drawings "representing constructions and interiors of a special character", travelling throughout the Province. In January 1917, with a view to the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken villages, these details, so carefully recorded, are reproduced on plates published in the form of a collection, by the Architecture section of the "Comité Provincial de Secours et d'Alimentation du Luxembourg" [...] " Blomme (Françoise) " A la rencontre d'Adrien Blomme 1878-1940 " Brussels, CIVA 2004, p.48 .
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