Desktop Globe | Paris, Merian 1638

Handmade by Globemaker Julie Forte

SHIPPING: This item is handmade to order. Expect a 4-6 week delivery time.

Each sphere is hand made from casting plaster. Each globe is made in the time honoured traditional method. 12 paper gore sections are carefully applied to the sphere with starch paste. Once dry the surface is burnished and finished with multiple very thin layers of varnish..  A small hand cast jesmonite base comes with each globe. 

Each one is unique!

Globe: approx 6" Diameter

Base: 2.5" Diameter

This beautiful and colouful panorama of Paris was created by Matthaus Merian the Elder in 1638, and probably drawn from the Chauve Mont looking south west.

The map shows 56 structures including Notre Dame and La Bastille. This is a highly detailed panorama and was considered the finest of its time.