History Of Navigation
Manufacturer
Jean-Théodore Dupas
(French, 1882-1964)
CultureFrench
Date1934
MediumGlass | Gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ashton Hawkins
Object number80.254
Not on view
DescriptionGlass wall panel. Reverse painting on glass with gold leaf & canvas backing in the verre eglomise manner. One section showing part of the design for one of four panels showing the "History of Navigation" from the salon of the liner NORMANDIE.Published ReferencesMetropolitan Museum of Art, 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS BULLETIN, 1980. B. Foucart etc., NORMANDIE: QUEEN OF THE SEAS, pp. 66-73. This is a small section of THE CHARIOT OF POSEIDON, middle left part, including flag & sails of the Chinese Junk. Large section in the cafeteria of The Met, NYC, (Glazier Champigneulle). Designed by Dupas, executed by Jacques Charles Champigneulle.
