Acatène Metropole Chainless Poster on canvas
The Acatène Metropole bicycle was a direct-drive, chainless bike. The motto carried by the eagle reads Vae Catenis, or “Woe to chains!” The other chainbreaker here is goddess Velleda (sometimes Veleda), a subject of 19th-century romantic novels and paintings; her dress is adorned with designs of wheels and hex nuts. Medieval themes were popular in the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, which overlapped with the emergence of the bicycle.
Commissioned by a long-since defunct company, this 1898 image is in the public domain. It is not hard to find it on the interwebs, but we have reformatted, restored, and re-colorized this version.
• Printed on acid-free, fade-resistant, PH-neutral, 20.5 mil (0.5 mm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas with fabric weight: 13.9 oz/yd2(470 g/m²)
• The print has a matte finish coating and the canvas is hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars 1.5″ (3.81 cm) deep. Mounting brackets included.
The Acatène Metropole bicycle was a direct-drive, chainless bike. The motto carried by the eagle reads Vae Catenis, or “Woe to chains!” The other chainbreaker here is goddess Velleda (sometimes Veleda), a subject of 19th-century romantic novels and paintings; her dress is adorned with designs of wheels and hex nuts. Medieval themes were popular in the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, which overlapped with the emergence of the bicycle.
Commissioned by a long-since defunct company, this 1898 image is in the public domain. It is not hard to find it on the interwebs, but we have reformatted, restored, and re-colorized this version.
• Printed on acid-free, fade-resistant, PH-neutral, 20.5 mil (0.5 mm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas with fabric weight: 13.9 oz/yd2(470 g/m²)
• The print has a matte finish coating and the canvas is hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars 1.5″ (3.81 cm) deep. Mounting brackets included.
The Acatène Metropole bicycle was a direct-drive, chainless bike. The motto carried by the eagle reads Vae Catenis, or “Woe to chains!” The other chainbreaker here is goddess Velleda (sometimes Veleda), a subject of 19th-century romantic novels and paintings; her dress is adorned with designs of wheels and hex nuts. Medieval themes were popular in the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, which overlapped with the emergence of the bicycle.
Commissioned by a long-since defunct company, this 1898 image is in the public domain. It is not hard to find it on the interwebs, but we have reformatted, restored, and re-colorized this version.
• Printed on acid-free, fade-resistant, PH-neutral, 20.5 mil (0.5 mm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas with fabric weight: 13.9 oz/yd2(470 g/m²)
• The print has a matte finish coating and the canvas is hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars 1.5″ (3.81 cm) deep. Mounting brackets included.