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staircase model
early 19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Model of a curved double staircase reaching a landing and continuing up as a single stair; steps and risers inlaid in contrasting wood to emulate carpet; busts of Francois-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire (1694-1778), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) made of Sèvres biscuit porcelain on newel posts at top.
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Details
- Title: staircase model
- Date Created: early 19th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: mahogany, ebony, pear or sycamore, oak; biscuit porcelain
- Credit line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
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