Dessins d'architecture et de meubles

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• Fonds: Marcel Parizeau fonds, 1917-1955
•    Series: Dessins et tableaux, 1917-1955
•      Sub-series: Dessins d'architecture et de meubles, ca. 1933-1955

People

• Marcel Parizeau (creator)
• Marcel Parizeau (archive creator)

Title

Dessins d'architecture et de meubles

Dates of creation

ca. 1933-1955

Level of archival description

Sous-série 2

Extent and Medium

• 168 dessins et reproductions, 9 photographies, 2 documents textuels, 1 tableau

Scope and Content

Drawings relating to Parizeau's architectural career in Montreal are represented in a number of independant projects, including a small chapel beside the St. Lawrence River, a pair of two-storey cabin-cottages outside of Montreal, and several residences in the city. The documents are mostly original preliminary studies with some reproductions of working drawings. It should be noted that there are also photographs of exterior details of the Laroque Residence and the Jarry Residence in documents CO2 in Series II. Reproductions of designs for worker housing by French architect Eugène Beaudoin in 1938 perhaps give a clue to Parizeau's relatively early employment of modernist forms. A residence in Baie D'Urfé is unlikely to be connected to Parizeau because its date, ca. 1955, is a decade after his death.

Parizeau's concern with furniture and interior design is represented in the Archive with many lively perspective sketches in colour, and elevation and plan studies of several kinds of rooms and types of furniture. Some preliminary drawings for interiors were grouped with the Gillow house in Ville Mont-Royal, and the Walter Downs Residence in Montreal.

Reference Number

AP104.S1.SS2

Arrangement

Les projets inclus dans cette sous-série sont organisés par projet architectural.