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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 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

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