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Model for a Pulpit with Staircase Model Of A Pulpit
This is a model of a pulpit. It is dated mid-19th century and we acquired it in 2007. Its medium is walnut, pear (wood), oak. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
The technical skills featured in this model indicate it is a compagnonnage masterwork. A spiral stairway leads to a carved pulpit attached to a central column, both with molded paneling. The canopy is scroll-carved and the base is inlaid with a lozenge pattern. André-Jacob Roubo’s book, L’art du menuisier (1769–75), depicts a similarly formed pulpit.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Staircase to Heaven?.
This object was
donated by
Eugene V. Thaw and Clare E. Thaw.
It is credited Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- Drawing, View of the Pulpit, Saint Sulpice, Paris (Second Project)
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid paper .
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-293
- Model for a Pulpit Model For A Pulpit
- oak.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2007-45-3
- Model of a Venetian Palazzo Architectural Model
- ivory, wood.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2013-3-4
Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Staircase Model
- mahogany, oak.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2007-45-7
- Ciborium With Lid (France)
- gilt copper.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1947-69-1-a/d
- Staircase Model (England)
- mahogany.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2007-45-15
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 70 x 40.6 x 33 cm (27 9/16 x 16 x 13 in.)
Cite this object as
Model for a Pulpit with Staircase Model Of A Pulpit; France; walnut, pear (wood), oak; H x W x D: 70 x 40.6 x 33 cm (27 9/16 x 16 x 13 in.); Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; 2007-45-13
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift.
