Image Bank

Documents

In addition to the company catalogues and historic postcards that Lost Art keep in their archives, we also retain a number of other types of documents that can inform us whilst planning or conducting restoration projects, or forming the basis of important aspects of our consultancy services .

The following image is an example of the sort of water colour illustrations supplied by the foundries, showing their products to the best advantage.

Illustrations

For many companies, an order of a bandstand or fountain represented a significant order and when a prospective customer had been identified, further efforts would be made to secure the order. This sometimes took the form of colour visualisations of the proposed bandstand in a naturalistic setting. As this was a time before Computer Aided Design brought this type of marketing within the range of most companies, the supplied material could be a lavish affair.

In addition to providing a useful historic record of the past appearance of structures of historical importance, postcards can also be useful in providing a reference as to the state of a particular location or structure prior to restoration. This can then be used to gauge the accuracy of a particular restoration.

Postcards

Lost Art Limited have developed a significant collection of historical postcards, which have proved useful in a number of respects for the development and execution of restoration projects.