Vintage French Educational School Poster Farm Dairy Rossignol 11112613

French Educational School Poster Farm Dairy

A double-sided French educational school poster farm dairy chart from the Tableaux de Sciences Rossignol series, published by Cooperation Pedagogique in Montmorillon, Vienne -- almost certainly from the 1950s, when these large classroom wall charts were standard equipment in French rural schools. One face is devoted to La Laiterie de la Ferme, presenting a detailed floor plan of the farm dairy room alongside cross-section diagrams of a baratte (butter churn) and an ecrémeuse (cream separator), each part carefully labeled in clear pedagogical French. The reverse shows La Ferme a Cour Fermee, Nord Ile-de-France, with a lively color illustration of an enclosed Beauce-region farmstead and a matching color-coded floor plan identifying the grange, stables, hangar, charretterie and living quarters.

The graphic design is both instructional and genuinely handsome: confident line work, a warm palette of ochre, rose, crimson and slate blue, and that distinctly mid-century French institutional clarity that made Rossignol posters collectible long after they left the classroom. Displayed on a picture rail, tucked into a large vintage frame, or simply pinned flat against a kitchen or studio wall, it reads as both graphic art and an affectionate document of French rural life. The Rossignol name, the series number N 3 and N 4, and the publisher imprint are all clearly printed on the poster.

Condition and patina consistent with age. Light overall toning to the paper ground and minor edge wear typical of classroom use; the colors remain vivid and legible throughout.

Approx. 35.4 in wide x 29.5 in high (90 x 75 cm).

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