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Staircase Model (France)
This is a staircase model. It is dated late 19th century and we acquired it in 2007. Its medium is cherry (wood), walnut. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Although called “in the English style” in France, this model is at least a work of acceptance—if not a masterwork—in compagnonnage. It shows a complex, self-supporting multiple spiral, with veneering on the underside of the stairs.
This object was
donated by
Eugene V. Thaw and Clare E. Thaw.
It is credited Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- Photograph, Spiral Staircase
- photograph.
- Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries.
- 32.2019.1
- Dancing Peasant Woman Figure
- enameled porcelain.
- The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
- 1989-41-120
- Textile, Escalier
- goat hair, cotton.
- Gift of Arundell Clarke.
- 1956-150-10
Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Staircase Model (possibly France)
- bent and painted wrought sheet and cast iron.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2007-45-19
- Crane Candlestick
- cast aluminum.
- Gift of Mel Byars.
- 1991-59-176
- Staircase Model (France)
- fruitwood (pearwood?), ash (base).
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2007-45-5
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 31 x 13 x 17.2 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Staircase Model (France); cherry (wood), walnut; H x W x D: 31 x 13 x 17.2 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.); Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; 2007-45-8
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift.
