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Dome-shaped Architectural Staircase Model
This is a Architectural Staircase Model. It is dated mid-19th century and we acquired it in 2014. Its medium is walnut and beechwood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This maîtrise (masterpiece) in the 17th-century Italian style, is one of the finest examples of the combination of architectural design and structure with staircase modeling.
This object was
donated by
Eugene V. Thaw and Clare E. Thaw.
It is credited Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- Garden of the Childs Frick Estate, Rosalyn, New York Architectural Model
- cardboard, paper, paint.
- Gift of Newton P. Bevin.
- 1972-40-7
- Print, Two Cones, plate H. i. in Perspectiva. Corporium Regularium
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
- 1957-192-3-46
- Print, Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic...
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
- 1957-192-3-37
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- 1967-87-1-a,b
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- digital print.
- Photo by Iwan Baan.
- s-e-1739
- Vegetal Chair Chair
- injection-molded polyamide.
- Gift of Vitra.
- 2010-41-2
Its dimensions are
H: 61 x W: 67.3 x D: 47 cm (24 x 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Dome-shaped Architectural Staircase Model; walnut and beechwood; H: 61 x W: 67.3 x D: 47 cm (24 x 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.); Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; 2014-11-3
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift.
