This magnificant globe is a replica of Robert De Vaugondy’s work and rests on an impecably crafted wrought iron baroque stand. This piece beautifully captures essential elements of the 17^{th ,} 18^th  century period.  A great addition for the den, the office, or the business and makes an excellent gift.

measures 15.75x15.75x42.25 inches.

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), were leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s and produced their maps and globes as a father and son team. Globes of various sizes were made by gluing copperplate-printed gores on a plaster-finished papier-mache core, an expensive and complex manufacturing process, employing several specialists. In 1757, they published The Atlas Universel, one of the most important atlases of the 18th century. The Vaugondys integrated older sources with more modern surveyed maps in producing the atlas, verified and corrected the latitude and longitude of many regional maps in the atlas with astronomical observations. The older material was revised with the addition of many new place names. Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV in In 1760.

Our Vaugondy Globe is well placed on the baroque stand.  In the arts, the Baroque style references a Western cultural period starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was expressed and modeled by drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church by demanding that paintings and sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed; the baroque style is often described as dramatic, obvious, direct and very detailed.  In simple terms the Oxford English Dictionary describes the word baroque as derived from the Portuguese word "barroco", Spanish "barroco", or French "baroque", all of which refer to a "rough or imperfect pearl", in comon usage, the word baroque can simply mean something that is "elaborate", very detailed.

It's a remarkable piece, a mark of distinction in interior decor.

Product SKU: GL008B