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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

ART-Paintings

Medium

Table, Patio

Physical Description

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

Dimensions

Table: 48.6 × 48.6 × 55.9cm (19 1/8 × 19 1/8 × 22 in.)
Storage (Rehoused on aluminum pallet): 152.4 × 121.9 × 78.7cm, 83.9kg (60 × 48 × 31 in., 185lb.)

Inventory Number

A20141040000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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