{"product_id":"carte-de-france-en-bois-2d-graphite","title":"2D Wooden Map of France, Graphite","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrance in slate and grey\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same thirteen regions as our Multicolor map, cut as separate pieces, but in a cool palette: near-black, slate, a mid grey, with a few regions in cream and honey to keep it from going flat. Corsica sits apart to the lower right. Inside each region the départements are engraved with their names, and the towns between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the version for a room that already has warm wood in it, or for cold-toned walls where the warm map would fight the colour. Against navy, dark green or white it holds its own; against oak furniture it does not compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA landmark on nearly every region\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same small wooden figures as on the Multicolor map: Mont-Saint-Michel on Normandie, the Eiffel Tower on Paris, the cathedral and a champagne bottle on Grand Est, Château de Chambord on Centre-Val de Loire, a sailing ship off Bretagne, a wedge of cheese on Pays de la Loire, a bottle on Nouvelle-Aquitaine, grapes on Bourgogne, the Puy de Dôme on Auvergne, a castle on Occitanie, a yacht on Provence. On the dark regions they read as silhouettes; on the pale ones as drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving on a mixed ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lettering burns dark, so on the cream and honey regions it is crisp from across a room and on the slate ones it asks you to come closer. Reading this map is a game of near and far, and the pale regions are where a visitor starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSmall, flat, and easy to place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e50 × 51 cm and 4 mm thick, roughly a large framed photograph, projecting almost nothing from the wall. It sits beside other things, in a hallway, between windows, above a desk, and goes up on double-sided tape in a couple of hours, outer pieces first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to know before ordering\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving is in French: region names, départements and towns all use their French forms. There is no English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark surfaces show dust sooner than pale ones, and the fine département lines hold it. A soft dry brush clears them; a damp cloth smears. Keep it out of direct sun, which fades the dark regions unevenly and shows the difference between the sunlit and shaded halves more plainly than on the warm map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance three ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the flat version in cool tones. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-multicolor-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e is the same map in warm woods; the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/multicolor-3d-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003erelief map\u003c\/a\u003e stacks each region so it stands off the wall. If the interest is wine, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wine-maps\"\u003ewine maps of France\u003c\/a\u003e divide the country by vineyard instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Coastlines are simplified and the smallest features are omitted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693375107,"sku":"CM051","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/2d-graphite.jpg?v=1780866741","url":"https:\/\/creatifwood.fr\/en\/products\/2d-graphite-wooden-map-of-france","provider":"Creatifwood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}