Delalande Gallery

Custom-made base for a pocket globe - Collaboration with the Delalande gallery

Nature of the project:

Create custom bases for pocket globes. Presentations are made to order, specific to the customer's needs.

To our knowledge, no base had been created for this type of object. It was therefore necessary to invent a new way of displaying it. The originality of this project lies in the different sizes of stems which bring a dynamic to the entire base. The difficulty was to present the open object in a stable manner.

The terrestrial globe presented without its base, i.e. two separate pieces, each facet of which has a visual interest.

The pocket globe: A ceremonial object for the wealthy, it developed throughout Europe. The fashion for pocket globes peaked between the 18th and 19th centuries.

After studying the object and discussing with the Delalande gallery , we developed a base with two separate stems on a common base, in keeping with the link between the two pieces.

Opposite: the base without the object. The uppermost part will receive the outer shell of the globe. Its two slightly curved ends allow it to be kept open.

The smaller star-shaped part allows the interior globe to be presented.

Rectangular base in steel painted in matte black.