One of a pair of patio tables (other is A20141041000). Top consists of nine hand-painted ceramic ballooning tiles set into concrete. Slab is set into a metal table frame that has been painted white.
Each tile shows an image of a balloon aloft with a caption below:
Top left: 1784 Montgolfiĕre Des Roziers
Top Center: Guyton 1784
Top Right: Le Ballon De Fleurus 1794
Middle Left: Mme. Blanchard 1819
Middle Center: Blanchard 1785
Middle Right: Blanchard 1816
Bottom Left: Pilatre Des Roziers 1784
Bottom Center: 15 Mars 1784
Bottom Right: Robertson 1789
Created by
Vanessa Nagengast
Date Created
05/22/2015
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Art
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