J. Forest (editor and globe maker)
Globe Terrestre
7-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Paris: c. 1924-35
Turned ebonized stand
14 inches high, 6.5 inches diameter base
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French Art Deco Table Globe
J. Forest, Paris: c. 1924-35
J. Forest, Paris: c. 1924-35
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The terrestrial globe is surmounted by a finial, raised vertically on an ebonized wooden stand with a turned central standard and dish base. The globe shows present-day St. Petersburg, Russia, as "Leningrad," and so was made after 1924. This globe was produced during the golden era of the French Art Deco period, though the original stand is fairly traditional, typical of earlier periods.
Titled Globe Terrestre [Terrestrial Globe], it packs a remarkably large amount of geographic information into a relatively small globe. Colonies and protectorates of France, England, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Belgium and the U.S. are shaded different colors, according to a key to "Possessions." A distinctive feature of this globe is the outline and direction of ocean currents prominently shaded in blue. Cartographic information listed in the legend includes capital, major and smaller cities; railroad lines; aboveground, underwater, finished and projected telegraph lines; rivers; deserts and sands; regional and national boundaries; caravan routes; navigation lanes. The legend also notes that "a number beside a place indicates the year of its discovery by Europeans." Oceans are blue, countries are colored red, pink, orange, yellow, purple and green. The polar regions are cream-colored with a pattern of small blue shapes to suggest their icy environments.
Read more about J. Forest in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche: GLOBE/ TERRESTRE/ Échelle au 65.000.000/ (Un millimètre pour 65 kilomètres)/ Dressé par J. FOREST/ FOREST Éditeur/ Four'r. du Ministère de l'Instr'n. Publ'e./ 17, 19, Rue de Buci, 17, 19/ PARIS [Terrestrial Globe, Scale of 65,000,000 (One millimeter for 65 kilometers). Prepared by J. Forest. Forest, Editor. Supplier of the Ministry of Public Instruction. 17, 19 Buci Street, Paris.]