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Armillary sphere
    • Setting:
      Room III
    • Author:
      Maison Delamarche
    • Place:
      Paris
    • Date:
      1858
    • Materials:
      paper, wood
    • Dimensions:
      sphere diameter 150 mm, height 330 mm, width 200 mm
    • Inventory:
      3620
    • Armillary sphere (Inv. 3620)
    • Armillary sphere (Inv. 3620)

The armillary sphere, mounted on a turned wooden stand, is made of wood covered with printed paper. It holds a small colored and well-delineated terrestrial globe. It was published by the Maison Delamarche of Paris.