Description

 Rare Mid Century
French School Poster

From the Vidal-Lablache series of maps: a striking oversized map of North Amercia on a thin and flexible cardboard.

Will carry an entire wall or room.

Lovely pastel colors behind details on the topography, economic activity, and the major cities.

France is shown in scale on the bottom left corner and it is amazing how small it is compared to the US or Canada.

The flipside is the same territory "muted" or with no text used for test time.

Bonus!  Has ancient chalk marks from an old school lesson.  French text is written on the muted side.  See photos.  Keep the marks for the charm or you can very easily erase with a regular pencil eraser.

These are highly prized in France and sell for several hundred dollars in boutiques on both sides of the Atlantic.  Highly collectible.

In very good shape for its age and purpose.  No tears and in very solid shape. Unusually all the finish tape  around the edges is in perfect shape.  Normal (light) signs of aging. Some yellowing of the paper towards the top of the map, looks fine if you like an aged patina.  Please look over the pictures carefully so you're happy with your purchase when it arrives.

Has two gammuts for hanging so you can save a lot of money by not having it framed...or save your pennies for a frame and still display it in the interim.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

About 46"  x  38"

 See my other auctions of rare posters! 

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 If you like this and the kind of items I have in my eBay store, you can come over to France and find some yourself.  Join me for vintage buying tours in Paris and in Provence.  You'll find treasures at prices so low they can pay for your trip over!  Blog at Jill Mitchell's LeTrip.org to show you avant-premiers of items as they are put on auction, and some of my buying secrets and tips revealed, info about absinthe tastings and winetastings, women-only tours, as well. 

Stay tuned for lots more interesting objets as I continue my treausure hunts in Provence.   In the meantime, see my website at
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