Rand McNally Louis XV Floor Globe
20th Century
20th Century
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Rand McNally Co. 18-Inch Louis XV Style Floor Globe Chicago: c. 1924 39 inches high; 25 inches diameter overall Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items. |
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The 18-inch globe with brass hour circles at north and south poles, in calibrated brass meridian turning on ball-bearing mechanism, the patented angled revolving horizon with engraved paper topographical profile and calibrations, raised on a mahogany stand in the Louis XV taste, with four rococo cabriole legs headed with carved acanthus decoration, joined by lower stretcher, and ending in scrolled feet.
The globe made up of two sets of twelve gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees in both directions, hours and minutes, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the Greenwich meridian and ecquinoctial colure graduated in degrees, showing Mean Isothermal Lines for January and July (with blue and red lines), the oceans with an analemma, submarine telegraph cables, ocean currents shown with white wavy lines but not indicated in key, the continents finely detailed, with nation states colored in shades of yellow, cream, and pink (faded). Peary expedition to North Pole 1909 indicated. Antarctic shown, Amundsen expedition 1911 indicated. Petrograd shown indicating date of 1914 to 1924. Oceans colored blue, now faded. International Date Line in red. The unusual angled horizon band, with engraved calibrations and topographical chart (showing mountain ranges and sea troughs), was patented by Rand McNally in 1924, and used on various models of their globes from that time through the 1930s. For more information on Rand McNally & Co., see our Guide to Globe Makers. Oval Cartouche: RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ [below cartouche:] Copyright by Rand McNally & Company, Chicago/ Made in U.S.A. Explanatory Key Under Cartouche: Submarine Telegraph Cables thus Black Mean Isothermal lines for January Blue Mean Isothermal lines for July Red Legend on Horizon: Patented June 17, 1924 |