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Antique French 13" Terrestrial Globe
For sale by Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
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Antique French 13" Terrestrial Globe

1900 - 1920
Description

Here we have a lovely French 13" terrestrial globe by Delamarche of Paris with a brass meridian ring and a turned ebonised base.

Size: 600mm

c1900

Free UK postage and packaging is included in the price of this item, please contact us for a foreign shipping quote.

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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge has dated this Antique French Terrestrial Globe to the 1900s.

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SA1239182
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8635
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Here we have a lovely French 13" terrestrial globe by Delamarche of Paris with a brass meridian ring and a turned ebonised base.

Size: 600mm

c1900

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Free UK postage and packaging is included in the price of this item, please contact us for a foreign shipping quote.
Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge has dated this Antique French Terrestrial Globe to the 1900s.

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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
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An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base.
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Archive I An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base.

Antique French 13" Terrestrial Globe

Archive II An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base. View II
Archive III An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base. View III
Archive IV An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base. View IV
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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge

Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
Telephone 01422 843189 or 07917 652471
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26 Market Street
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6AA
United Kingdom
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Terrier Antiques at Hebden Bridge
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An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base.
Antique French 13" Terrestrial Globe
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An antique French terrestrial globe featuring yellowed paper gores and pale blue oceans set within a brass meridian ring on an ebonised wooden base.
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  • ObjectTerrestrial Globes
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleFrench 19th Century
  • MaterialPaper, Plaster, Brass, Ebonised Wood
  • ColourWarm Ochre, Pale Blue, Black
  • MotifsPrinted paper gores, Brass meridian ring, Turned ebonised base, Cartouche inscription

This French terrestrial globe dates from the period around 1900 and exemplifies the style of a traditional gentleman's library. The piece comprises printed paper gores applied to a plaster sphere, showing cartography of Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Europe and Asia in warm ochre tones, with pale blue oceans detailed by shipping routes and currents. The sphere sits within a graduated brass meridian ring featuring a small finial at the north pole, and mounts onto a black ebonised wooden stand with a turned baluster shaft and stepped circular base. Visible details include slight yellowing and age wear to the paper surface, along with a printed cartouche inscription near Madagascar. The globe stands 60 cm high on its base. In a modern home, this item serves as a functional decorative object for placement on an office desk, library table, or study bookcase. It provides an authentic antique accent to a traditional interior workspace or reading room, contributing a sense of historical geography through its period materials and craftsmanship.

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During the 18th and 19th centuries, Paris was a major European centre for cartography, led by renowned workshops such as Delamarche that manufactured detailed terrestrial and celestial globes for educational and private library use.

Traditional terrestrial globes were constructed using printed paper gores applied to a spherical core made from papier-mache or plaster, typically mounted on a brass meridian ring and supported by a turned wooden base.

Authentic globes can be identified by printed maker cartouches, geopolitical boundaries matching historical periods, paper yellowing, hand-applied gores, and period-appropriate patination on the metal and ebonised timber components.

An antique terrestrial globe serves as a sophisticated focal point when placed on an office desk, styled on a wooden sideboard, or arranged alongside antiquarian books on library shelving.

To prevent fading and cracking of the paper gores, position the globe away from direct sunlight and heat sources, maintain stable humidity, and gently clean with a dry, soft microfibre cloth without liquid solutions.
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