@histodons Among the many objects on this table - an écorché plaster sculpture, an ink pot, a glass bottle with a paper cap - is also a #globe. Such globes were popular in Europe, and they were a paper thing too. To produce them, one needed to form two half-hemisphere shells from paper mâché, then joining the two hemispheres by glueing or sewing. Last step: sealing the paper thing with more paper to form a - to be coated in plaster - paper ball. More on this here: https://mastodon.social/@dbellingradt/109846487623823082
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