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Catalog Level: item
Type: globe
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Terms:
decorative arts
furniture
scientific instruments
European art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Terrestrial Globe
Preference: preferred
Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description: globe made by Jean-Antoine
Nollet (French, 1700-1770); map engraved by Louis Borde
(French, active 1730s-1740s); wood stand painted with
vernis Martin (possibly applied by the Martin brothers'
studio)
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Extent: globe
Identity:
Nollet , Jean-Antoine
Role:
creator
Extent: map
Identity:
Borde, Louis
Role:
engraver
Extent: stand
Qualifier: possibly
by
Identity:
Martin brothers
Role:
painters
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Creation Date:
1728
Earliest:
1728 Latest:
1728
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 109.9 (height)
x 44.5 (diameter of globe) x 31.8 cm (depth of the stand)
(43 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches)
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Value: 109.9 Unit: cm Type:
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Value: 44.5 Unit: cm Type:
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Value: 31.8 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: papier mâché,
printed paper, and gilt bronze on a wooden (poplar,
spruce, and alder) stand painted with vernis Martin
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Material Names:
papier mâché
paper
bronze
poplar
spruce
alder
Technique Name:
vernis Martin
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Transcription or Description: dedication
to duchesse du Maine, wife of Louis XIV's first illegitimate
child
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
object (utilitarian)
Earth
geography
cartography
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The globe and its pendant were
designed by the popular scientist who taught physics
to the royal children. Owning a globe was very fashionable
in the 18th century, and globes were considered essential
for the libraries of the aristocracy.
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Citations: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 10 February 2005
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Relationship Type: pendant of
Related Object/Work Label/Identification: Celestial
Globe, Nicolas Bailleul le jeune (French, active 1740-1750);
1730; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California,
USA); ID:86.DH.705.2
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
86.DH.705.1
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