Aerial Rotating House

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Aerial rotating house.

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Artist

Name:
Robida, Albert
Dates:
1848-1926
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Buildings & Monuments
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Le vingtième siècle
Author:
Robida, Albert
Publisher:
Paris: Georges Decaux, 1883
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Description:

A house with a bartizan (of sorts) and checkered tile pattern stands on a high, circular, rotating platform operated by wheels and gears. A man wearing a cap manages the device while at house level, people are going on with their lives with a woman reading on the terrace and children flying a kite.

The caption reads in the original French: Maison tournante aérienne.

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