Matrices for the Lettres Ornées, designed by J. Gillé

Matrix produced by a galvanoplastisches Verfahren, e.g., an electrotyped matrix. This “eye” with the capital R has been placed into a metal blank to create a matrix for typecasting.

 

Photographed at the Schriftgießerei Gerstenberg at the Haus für Industriekultur in Darmstadt – an Außenstelle of the Hessisches Landesmusuem.

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