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Handsome Freestanding Globe on Wrought Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Tall freestanding globe on hand wrought iron stand with neutral colors.
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Globes

Materials

Wrought Iron

Art Deco Globe in Brass and Bakelite, 1930s Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
1930s Globe in Bakelite and Brass, manufactured by Philips for Swedish organisation Folket i Bild, famous for promoting popular education, civic democracy and engagement. Depicts the...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Globes

Materials

Brass

24" diameter Library 360 globe
Located in Newport, GB
This is a floor standing, 24" globe of the world, with up to date cartography. It was conceived to be reminiscent of a C19th century library globe, but styled with more contemporary...
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2010s English Globes

Materials

Brass

13" diameter handmade table globe
Located in Newport, GB
This stylish, classically contemporary table globe reflects the world as it is today, with up to date cartography. The map palette is muted and easy on the eye, making it a timeless...
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21st Century and Contemporary Globes

Materials

Steel

Antique World Globe From Fleet Street London 1923 on Wooden Stand
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Antique Terrestrial Geographia of Fleet Street London 12"inch World Globe on handcrafted Wooden Three Legged Base 1923 Made 55 Fleet Street, London Beautiful desktop globe, sho...
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Globes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Large Vintage Illuminated Glass Globe
Located in Seguin, TX
Large vintage 16" circa 1960 illuminated table top glass globe. Made by Cram's, heavy glass with bronzed finish metal harp and turned wood base. Chain pull for light, pretty dark whe...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Columbus Earth Globe by Paul Oestergaard - Berlin ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Columbus Earth Globe by Paul Oestergaard - Berlin ca. 1900 An antique traditional Columbus earth globe with a wonderful patina. Edited by Paul Oestergaard and revised by C. Luther, ...
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Globes

Materials

Paper, Wood

1940s Replogle Light Up Library Glass Globe On Wood Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Replogle Light Up Library Glass Globe On Wood Base Needs Rewiring
Category

1940s Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

The Heritage floor standing 19" diameter globe
Located in Newport, GB
This beautiful floor standing globe makes a stunning addition to study, living room, drawing room or atrium. The detailed map cartography depicts the world as it is today, with up to...
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2010s English Globes

Materials

Brass

Mid-20th Century Terrestre Columbus World Globe Oestergaard Berlin, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage nice 20th century globe. Made by German manufacturer Oestergaard, Berlin, Germany. It's made of lithographed paper globe with a solid wood and metal base, aluminum knob...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

Coexist Mod Sky Glass and Black Iron Stellar Map
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project coexist: the mod. Ground globe and the mod. Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only sky and heart can be, where the transparent glass allo...
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2010s Italian Globes

Materials

Iron

Terrestrial World Globe on Iron Stand by George F. Cram and Co. circa 1946
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a study with this elegant antique globe. Crafted in Indianapolis, Indiana circa 1946, the collectible piece sits on a bronze painted cast iron tripod base decor...
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Mid-20th Century American Globes

Materials

Iron

Midcentury Modern Replogle Illuminated Glow Globe on Wood Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Light up world globe by Replogle. Signed and guaranteed authentic. Attractive with or without globe being illuminated. Simple elegant modernist lines on solid wood frame. In good con...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes

Materials

Wood

Vintage 16 in. Terrestrial Globe and Tropical Colonial Style Bamboo Rattan Stand
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This vintage terrestrial Replogle World Classic 16 in. relief globe is mounted in a lacquered Rattan Bamboo stand with four legs, each made of three stems and joined by decorative tr...
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Late 20th Century American British Colonial Globes

Materials

Brass

Rare Cut Crystal & Bronze Newel Post
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cut crystal & bronze newel post, hand cut. Ruby Red Crystal Neck. France, circa 1900. Height 6" Diameter 3 1/2" CW5355.
Category

Early 1900s French Antique Globes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Replogle Vintage American Globe on Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
Vintage American Modern globe of the world resting on a curved cantilevered black metal stand (REPLOGLE).
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 12 inch celestial table globe by Harris and Son, the horizon ring, with the original papers, set on four turned mahogany legs, the label statin...
Category

1810s English Antique Globes

Materials

Mahogany

Newton and Son Pocket Globe and Case
Located in Spencertown, NY
The terrestrial globe is 3 inches in diameter contained within a turned mahogany box with cover. The seas in light green and land masses in darker green. Dimension of Globe 3" Diame...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Globes

Materials

Fruitwood, Paper

Antique Danish Terrestrial Globe, 1900s
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish terrestrial globe, 1900s. Rare Danish terrestrial globe from the late 1800s/early 1900s. Familie-Globus (Family globe) made by Vilhelm P...
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Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Globes

Materials

Wood

Replogle Globes French Country Provincial Style Revolving Floor Globe Oak Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Replogle Globes French Country Provincial style Revolving floor globe oak stand. Item features fiberglass revolving globe, solid wood f...
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial Globes

Materials

Fiberglass, Oak

Italian Renaissance Armillary Globe
Located in New York, NY
2 Italian Renaissance-style small globe2 on wood decorated stand (PRICED EACH).
Category

20th Century Renaissance Globes

Materials

Metal

Pair of Philip & Son Globes, circa 1946
Located in London, GB
A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946. The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images. The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height). George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848. George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...
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1940s British Vintage Globes

Materials

Brass

Superb Venetian Newel Post
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb Venetian newel post. Italy, Circa 1900. Measures: Height 6 1/4" Diameter 3 1/2" CW5354.
Category

Early 1900s Italian Antique Globes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Antique Terrestrial Globe by German Institute Ráths on Brass and Marble Base
Located in Casteren, NL
Antique terrestrial globe by Prof. Dr. Arthur Krause made by the German institute Ráths. The globe has a scale size of 1 : 38.600.900. The globe rests on...
Category

1930s German Vintage Globes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton
By Newton Globes - Planer & Newton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and extremely rare 24-inch terrestrial globe by Newton Our most magnificent and rare globes were a pair of 24-inch Newton globes. These too were updated in 1852 (terre...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Globes

Materials

Mahogany

Earth Globe Black and Teak N°1 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Earth Globe Black and Teak n°1 all in hand-carved natural teak root and with black volcanic sand. On swivel base with easy rotative syste...
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21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Globes

Materials

Sandstone

Crystal Sphere on Brass Dolphin Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Crystal sphere with controlled bubbles supported by three brass dolphins.
Category

20th Century Globes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Large 1930s Steel /Cast Iron Military Chalk World Globe Denoyer Geppert
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare c 1930 steel Denoyer Geppert military chalk globe. Globe alone measures 22" in diameter, Retains original patina. Age appropriate wear. Minor dents.(see photo). Original patina ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Globes

Materials

Steel, Iron

Replogle Globe on Stand World Classic Series Standing Globe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Replogle 16 inch diameter globe on stand world classic series standing. Item features a heavy iron base and frame, wooden accents, fiberglass globe, very nice item, great style and f...
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Late 20th Century Modern Globes

Materials

Iron

Earth Globe Black and Teak N°2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Earth globe black and teak n°2 all in hand-carved natural teak root and with black volcanic sand. On swivel base with easy rotative syste...
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21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Globes

Materials

Sandstone

20th-Century Decorative Metal Globe
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Decorative Metal Globe We present you this hand-made metal globe from the 2nd half of the 20th century. It is decorative in nature. The placement of continents and coun...
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Late 20th Century European Globes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Bakelite, Sheet Metal / Tin Globe from the 1950s, West Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Globe from the 1950s. Specially made on the subject of aviation. Depicted with all kinds of flying lines. Made by the company M.S. Germany. The globe is made of Tin and the stand is Bakelite. Globe and stand...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Replogle Articulating Globe on Brass Stand, Ca. 1970
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage Replogle articulating globe on brass stand, ca. 1970. Globe dates to the late 60's, early 70's based on geographic name changes, etc. Beautifu...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Brass

Large Terrestrial Globe From Handels Und Verkehrsglobus 69cm High
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb terrestrial globe by Handels Und Verkehrsglobus from the beginning of the 20th century from Leipzig Very large model which has a height of 69 cm and a very beautiful blackene...
Category

Early 20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Globes

Materials

Paper

1889s Antique Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni e Dotti Milano Papier Maché Sphere
Located in Milan, IT
Celestial globe compiled on the Hesi & Gould catalogs by Eng. Pini and published in 1889 by Gussoni & Dotti Milano piazza del Duomo. Sphere in paper mache covered with paper printed by engraving on copper plate and hand watercolored, base in turned and ebonized wood. Good condition, conservative restoration at the base. Measures: Height 45 cm, inche 17.8, sphere diameter 22 cm 8.7. Giovanni Gussoni in 1874 bought the business of Antonio Ronchi typographer in Via Unione 5 in Milan, and then moved in 1883 to the shop of the Southern Porticoes in Piazza Duomo. Giovanni Gussoni was followed by his son Vittorio, who on April 16, 1907 sold the company to a collaborator, Giovanni Serra, who continued the business until November 1914. Man has always wanted to know the world in which he lives and has used all the means available to measure the space that surrounds him to expand his knowledge more and more. The conditions that allowed man to develop models of the world and space were probably realized only after...
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1880s Antique Globes

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Paper

Late 19th Century Small Size Globe Edited by Philips Terrestrial London
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely small size antique French globe. With a wooden base, the globe itself is made of carton with paper. The map is published by Philips Terre...
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1890s French Belle Époque Antique Globes

Materials

Brass

Large Sculptural Belgian Globe Floor Stand 1950s
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Large Globe floor stand, metal, resin, Belgium, 1950s. Beautiful globe on a floor stand. The reserved, almost monochromatic color scheme in black ...
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1950s Belgian Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

1920s Rand McNally 8 Inch Terrestrial Globe
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Rand McNally 8 inch Terrestrial Globe.
Category

1920s Vintage Globes

Materials

Paper

Large French Terrestrial Globe or World Atlas by Girard Et Barrère
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A large French terrestrial globe or world atlas by Girard et Barrère. This is a very large stylish French terrestrial globe from the 1930...
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1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage Globes

Materials

Beech

Large Sculptural Belgian Globe Floor Stand
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Large Globe floor stand, metal, resin, Belgium, 1950s. Beautiful globe on a floor stand. The reserved, almost monochromatic color scheme in black ...
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1950s Belgian Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

Reproduction Giovanni Maria Cassini 1790 Terrestrial Globe And 1792 Celestial Gl
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Cassini terrestrial globe- Roma 1790. Observations of the voyages and new discoveries of Englishman Captain Cook. Along with the 1792 Cassini celestial globe with charts of the heav...
Category

20th Century Renaissance Globes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Large Columbus Terrestrial Globe
Located in Cheshire, GB
Columbus terrestrial globe raised up on circular base. Dimensions Height 19.5 Inches Width 14.5 Inches Depth 14.5 Inches.
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Mid-20th Century British Globes

Materials

Oak

Early 20th Century Globe by Weber Costello Co. Ornate Cast Iron Base
By Costello
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful Large size world globe on ornate copper flashed cast iron base... Showing signs of wear,,minor loses,(see photos).. Approx 3" dent to bottom (un...
Category

1920s American Industrial Vintage Globes

Materials

Iron

Late 19th Century English Victorian World Globe
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian globe of the world on wrought iron filigree 3 legged base.  
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Globes

Materials

Iron

Illuminated Glass World Globe on Mahogany Stand by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mahogany sculptural globe stand supported by brass sabots originally designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in 1953. The globe itself is a 16" Rand McNally Terrestrial globe composed ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes

Materials

Brass

German Political Globe
Located in Vienna, AT
German political globe. Fitted with E27 socket from the 1950s.
Category

1950s German Vintage Globes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Floor Model Light Up Globe by Replogle Ca. 1950/1960's
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional light up floor model globe, by Replogle Globes Inc. The globe is 16 in. in diameter, it features an interior light, and restrain a solid mahogany frame. This example is i...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Paper

Heirloom Globe by Replogle
Located in Pasadena, TX
1970s Replogle Illuminated glass globe on a dark brown walnut stand. Globe has a full 360 degree turning function. Working condition and has a switch...
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Mid-20th Century North American Industrial Globes

Materials

Steel

Pair of 19th Century Table Globes by Crunchley
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A pair of 12" table globes by the well known map maker Crunchley, London. In the original and very smart mahogany stands. Circa 1865.
Category

19th Century English Antique Globes

Materials

Mahogany, Paper

Antique Hammond's 6-Inch Terrestrial Globe on Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is, A fine antique 6-inch terrestrial globe. Additional Details: By C.S. Hammond & Co. The globe likely dates from 1927 to 1930 due to the ...
Category

20th Century Unknown Art Deco Globes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Coexist Mod Ground Glass and Brass World Map
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project coexist: the mod. Ground globe and the mod. Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only sky and heart can be, where the transparent glass allo...
Category

2010s Italian Globes

Materials

Iron

Set of Lighted Hanging Balls Fractal Resin, 1970
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Set of lighted hanging balls Fractal resin 1970 Provenance: night club Excellent condition 6900€ 5 Very small (orange) - Diameter 15cm 3 Small : 3 (1 red and 2 orange) - Di...
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1970s Vintage Globes

Materials

Resin

Regency Lane’s Pocket Globe, Dated 1818
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 ½ inch Regency Lane’s pocket globe, dated 1818, the terrestrial globe with the seas in light green and the land masses outlined in darker green, contained within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
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1810s English Regency Antique Globes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Dennoyer-Geppert Celestial Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dennoyer-Geppert Celestial Globe designed by Commander Stubbs RNR (Royal Navy) for classroom astronomy demonstration purposes (ca. 1930, Chicago, IL.). Composed of paper gores in olive green over a hollow metal core, featuring an adjustable cast-metal meridian with bronze finish and a wood horizon...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal

Very Handsome Illuminated Glass Globe on Iron & Walnut Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful large glass globe that illuminates and is contained in a handsome walnut and iron stand. Large enough to be freestanding on the floor. By Repolo Gle. Globe itself is 16...
Category

1950s American Vintage Globes

Materials

Iron

Terrestrial Globe by W. & A.K. Johnston
Located in New Orleans, LA
Measuring a monumental 30 inches in diameter, this impressive globe was crafted by the renowned firm W. & A.K. Johnston. Founded in 1825, the Johnston firm is considered the foremost...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Globes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Industrial Style Manually Operational Astrological Planetarium
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial-style astrological chart with terrestrial tin litho globe and light feature. Unique piece, closest to a Tellurium, Planetarium or Trippensee in categorization, though lack...
Category

1950s American Vintage Globes

Materials

Metal, Steel, Tin

George III Pocket Globe After Herman Moll
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 inch George III pocket globe after Herman Moll, the terrestrial globe inscribed in a cartouche ‘A correct globe with the new discoveries’ and fitted within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
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1770s English George III Antique Globes

Materials

Wood

Antique, New and Vintage Globes

Antique and vintage globes can prove unique and interesting accents to your living space, whether on their own as provocative conversation pieces or part of a small collection dotting the shelves where your sculptures and other decorative objects live.

Globes are among the most ancient of scientific instruments. During the Age of Exploration, they were vital for navigation, bringing sailors home after perilous journeys on different trade routes. Globes didn’t just detail continental formations, they might also show astronomical positions — adventurous seafarers of the day would rely on stars’ positions in traveling the great waters ahead of them. Antique globes offer a glimpse into specific time periods and how peoples of the past navigated the world around them. These were tools that identified a region’s borders, the names of countries, territories and more as the Earth’s geography was once known or imagined. As information about a place became available to geographers over time, globes became more accurate.

Not all globes depict the Earth and its countries, landmasses and bodies of water. The models that do are known as terrestrial globes, while globes that detail the position of the stars and other heavenly bodies are called celestial globes.

Quite surprisingly, the construction of globes remains relatively unchanged from the 16th century. The base starts as two papier-mâché hemispheres, which have a wooden support pillar attached via the north and south poles. The hemispheres are joined with glue or sewn with string and are subsequently topped with more paper or even thin fabric. Lastly, the globe is covered with plaster, ready for the design to be pasted on top.

Perhaps even more surprising is that the decorative function of globes has not changed much since the 16th century. They’ve been given as gifts for hundreds of years, as globes have always been beautiful objects whether they’re in your home office or your living room, lining your mantel alongside other globes of different sizes. Recent globe designs offer modern variations in style and features, such as interior lighting, automatic rotation and more.

Today, vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or decorative home accents in a bedroom or foyer. This likely owes to wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design. Decorating with globes is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes. Antique globes add welcome doses of color and contrast to a house or apartment’s neutral corners, their sea blues and algae greens popping against reclaimed wood interiors or stone fireplaces.

On 1stDibs, you can find a collection of authentic antique and vintage globes including mid-century modernGeorgianArt Deco editions and more.

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