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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 A20141040000). 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: Ballon De Lana 1670 Top Center: Le Comte D'Artois 1780 Top Right: 1782 Vaisseao Volant de Blanchard Middle Left: Expérience D'Un Dirigeable 1782 Middle Center: Robertson 1783 Middle Right: 1er Essaie D'Un Navire Aérien 1783 Bottom Left: 1er Essaie D'Un Navire Aèrien 1783 Bottom Center: Montgolfiere Flesselle 1783 Bottom Right: Expérience de Daghen (Degan)1784 Dimensions Table: 48.6 × 48.6 × 55.9cm (19 1/8 × 19 1/8 × 22 in.)
Storage (Aluminum pallet storage): 152.4 × 121.9 × 78.7cm, 83.9kg (60 × 48 × 31 in., 185lb.)
 Inventory Number A20141041000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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