staircase model
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Model of a curved double staircase reaching a landing and continuing up as a single stair; steps and risers inlaid in contrasting wood to emulate carpet; busts of Francois-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire (1694-1778), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) made of Sèvres biscuit porcelain on newel posts at top.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2007-45-12
objectType: label: Type
content: models and prototypes
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: staircase model
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mahogany, ebony, pear (wood) or sycamore, oak; biscuit porcelain
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 68 x 48.3 x 41 cm (26 3/4 in. x 19 in. x 16 1/8 in.)