W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd. (globe gores)
18-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe
American Seating Co., Chicago: c. 1907-1914
Mahogany Empire style stand
46 inches high, 23.5 inches diameter, horizon band
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18-Inch Terrestrial Empire Style Floor Globe
W. & A.K. Johnston: c. 1907-1914
W. & A.K. Johnston: c. 1907-1914
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An 18-inch globe with brass hour circles at north and south poles, in calibrated brass meridian, turning on a ball-bearing mechanism, with a horizon band with paper calendar and zodiac and decorated at the edge with repeating rectangular (modified Greek Key) design. The horizon is raised on four quadrant supports turning on a pinion in a mahogany rectangular tapering central pillar with horizontal molding, supported by an incurved quadripartite plinth, above four scrolled feet ending in casters.
The land masses are depicted with detailed cartography, colored in shades of yellow, pink, green, orange, purple, etc., all faded. Oceans are colored blue, also faded. Mean isothermal lines for January and July are colored respectively blue and red, ocean currents are shown with white wavy lines but not indicated in the key. Submarine telegraph cables are indicated by hatched lines, and the International Date Line is in red. Oklahoma is shown as a state, indicating a date after 1907, and St. Petersburg is shown indicating a date of 1914 or before.
This globe was manufactured for American Seating Company, a school supply company in America in the early 20th century. It incorporates globe gores by the famous and prolific British globe maker, W. & A.K. Johnston. The distinctive Empire style stand on which the globe is mounted also relates to those with W. & A.K. Johnston gores produced for export to the United States. This model stand was promoted by Johnston in partnership with American school supply company, A.J. Nystrom, as the "Superb Library Globe ... The finest piece of workmanship ever produced in the [Johnston] globe line [and] as essential in a library as a dictionary or encyclopedia." A.J. Nystrom & Co., 1925 Anniversary Catalog, C-25.
For more information about W. & A.K. Johnston, see our Guide to Globe Makers.
Circular Cartouche Overlabel: 18 INCH/ TERRESTRIAL/GLOBE/ American Seating Co., Chicago, Ill.
Key Below Cartouche:
Railways shewn thus/ Submarine Telegraph Cables thus, …Black/ Mean Isothermal lines for January …Blue/ Mean Isothermal lines for July …Red / International Date Line/ Warm Currents, Cold Currents/ COPYRIGHT By W. & A. K. JOHNSTON LTD.