New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

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

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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.