Testament of the creator of the great Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, in which he makes a donation to a couple of employees.
Handwritten will of Gustave Eiffel where the Eiffel Tower engineer makes a donation to his gardeners.
Document signed by the heirs and beneficiaries.
4 pages, the last one being blank.
In French.
17.5 cm x 24.5 cm.
Paris, February 23, 1924.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
Excerpts
(...) Les héritiers et représentants de Monsieur Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, en son vivant Ingénieur, Président d´Honneur de la Société Des Ingénieurs Civils de France, Officier de la Légion d´Honneur, demeurant à Paris, rue Rabelais numéro 1. Décédé en son domicile le vingt sept décembre mille neuf cent vingt three(...).
(...) Observation faite qu´au terme du dit testament Monsieur Eiffel a légué (...) à Mr et Madame Chelle ses jardiniers une somme de mille francs pour les dix premières années de la durée de leur service (... ).
Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923) was a French engineer who was involved in several important construction projects, the best known being the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Eiffel finished his studies in 1855, graduating as a chemical engineer; a year later, he met Charles Nepveu, a businessman specializing in metal constructions. After acquiring a metal construction studio, where he developed new techniques, he designed the Eiffel Tower, which was built between 1887 and 1889.
The Eiffel Tower, located in Paris, is the symbol of France and the most visited paid monument in the world. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel to be the entrance to the 1889 Universal Exhibition.
