Duprat 1953 Advertisement — Professional cranks of treated and tested quality, the new Universal type, two sets drawn

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MANIVELLES
TRAITÉES ET ÉPROUVÉES
QUALITÉ

PROFESSIONNELS

Nouveau modèle
Type Universel

A. DUPRAT, 48, rue de Champagne
— SAINT-ETIENNE —

[A ruled horizontal advertisement in black and white. In the middle, “MANIVELLES” is set in widely letterspaced roman capitals, with “TRAITÉES ET ÉPROUVÉES” and “QUALITÉ” below in smaller capitals. Beneath these sits a dark, concave-sided banner with scalloped ends and a thin outline, holding the word “PROFESSIONNELS” in condensed white capitals. The firm line “A. DUPRAT, 48, rue de Champagne” is in heavy bold type, with “— SAINT-ETIENNE —” in spaced capitals below it. Two line drawings of cranksets frame the text, one at each side, each showing a three-arm spider with a large chainwheel with many teeth, a long crank arm with a slot and a round pedal eye at its end, and tiny engraved lettering on the arm. The left drawing has a single large chainwheel and is captioned in small serif type “Nouveau modèle” and “Type Universel”, set on either side of the crank arm. The right drawing shows a double chainring, a smaller wavy-toothed inner ring seen inside the outer one. A thin ruled frame encloses the panel. No artist signature is visible.]

[This advertisement shares page 172 of L’Officiel du cycle with advertisements for Le Tableau de Bord, de fabrication d’appareils et d’accessoires industriels et mécaniques and Constructions Guinard.]