Terrestrial Globe Illuminated, United States
Product ID: A0900-057
$3,495.00
About this piece
The world, lit from within, held up by two patient figures.
This illuminated terrestrial globe was made in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, in the 20th century, in paper. Lit globes were commonly made for schools, offices and studies, glowing when a bulb is switched on inside. Pale yellow landmasses sit on blue oceans, with Africa, Arabia and the Indian Ocean turned toward the viewer. A dark metal ring holds the sphere, and a pair of crouching cast figures at the base seem to bear its weight. All of it rests on a dark, flat wooden plinth.
About 16 inches tall. Switch it on, and the room acquires a hemisphere.
