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Bell Tower Model
This is a Bell Tower Model. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 2014. Its medium is carved and turned pearwood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This masterwork is a virtuosity of joinery. Its ogival turrets with turned finials are a sign of the mastery of roof-making. In the mid- to late-19th century, masters of compagnonnage who combined their talents on a masterwork sometimes paraded the piece through the city in which it had been made or was to be exhibited. This staircase may be one such collaboration.
This object was
donated by
Eugene V. Thaw and Clare E. Thaw.
It is credited Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- Drawing, The Ten-Deck House
- graphite on white wove paper .
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
- 1991-53-2
- Bird Cage in the Form of a Church Birdcage
- wood.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-19-95-a/c
- Carlyle Hotel Birdhouse Model
- gouache-painted wood.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2013-3-7
Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
- 1957-192-3-47
- Vase (USA)
- mouth-blown favrile glass.
- Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
- 1966-55-8
- Allegorical Centerpiece of the "Four Continents" Centerpiece
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
- 1960-1-50
Its dimensions are
H: 121 x W: 41.9 x D: 41.9 cm (47 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Bell Tower Model; carved and turned pearwood; H: 121 x W: 41.9 x D: 41.9 cm (47 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.); Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; 2014-11-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift.
