Die Ausstattung der Schulräume (Interior of Classrooms)
Berlin: F. A. Günther u. Sohn A.G. Loose leaf. Small Folio. viii, 39 plates. Original blue decorative half-cloth over gray boards portfolio with blue lettering on cover. Thirty-nine plates with designs by the architect Max Warnatsch with drawings and structural details; a publication for interiors of classrooms focusing on items produced from wood. As with previous publications by Warnatsch, the practical aspects of woodworking are adhered to. Next to classrooms it includes teacher's lounges and offices. Experience gathered in Germany's recent past and defined in administrative regulations are incorporated, particularly when it comes to dimensions of school desks and furniture. Technical drawings and the introductory text provide useful guidelines for the design of classrooms, including the treatment of wood.
The drawings depict various designs for classroom desks, classroom cabinets, teachers lecterns, including glass cabinets, auditoriums, cabinets for classroom, a special cabinet for maps, respectively drawing broads, pupil's lockers, flat files, a special design for a cabinet used in chemistry classes, furniture for teacher's and conference room, tables for the execution of experiments, easels and various equipment for art classes, chalkboards and inkwells. Comprehensive instructions for the design of classrooms for higher education. Text in German. Light wear along edges of portfolio. Plates lightly age-toned. Very good condition. Item #50633
Price: $500.00