Globe - Space Age Style - 1990-2000





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Silver steel globe on a three-rod support, 60 cm tall, 22 cm wide and 20 cm deep, originating from the United Kingdom, model Doble Giro con Columna, estimated period 1990–2000, Space Age style, in good used condition with minor signs of age.
Description from the seller
It is a late-20th-century globe that fully embraces that late Space Age aesthetic, where technology becomes a visual language and the everyday object takes on an almost sculptural presence. Here, the metallic sphere—with a silver finish, engraved continents and latitude and longitude lines drawn with industrial precision—conveys that sense of the world turned into an artifact, a scientific piece, a symbol of exploration.
The silver steel structure that supports it reinforces that futuristic reading: three vertical rods, clean and straight, lift the sphere with functional elegance, almost architectural. There are no superfluous ornaments; everything responds to a logic of clarity, stability, and modernity. The metal, cold and luminous, acts as a frame that enhances the globe’s presence without competing with it.
At the apex stands the column with a double twist, a detail that introduces dynamism and mechanical sophistication. That dual movement—visual and structural—evokes the orientation systems and rotation mechanisms typical of 20th-century scientific instruments, but reinterpreted from space-age aesthetics: pure lines, clean geometries, a sense of technological precision.
The ensemble operates as a decorative object and as a design piece: a globe that not only represents the world, but embodies the fascination with the future, with engineering, and with that optimistic vision of the space era. A piece that lights up any interior with its metallic presence, its formal balance, and its timeless character.
Certified shipping and good packaging.
Seller's Story
It is a late-20th-century globe that fully embraces that late Space Age aesthetic, where technology becomes a visual language and the everyday object takes on an almost sculptural presence. Here, the metallic sphere—with a silver finish, engraved continents and latitude and longitude lines drawn with industrial precision—conveys that sense of the world turned into an artifact, a scientific piece, a symbol of exploration.
The silver steel structure that supports it reinforces that futuristic reading: three vertical rods, clean and straight, lift the sphere with functional elegance, almost architectural. There are no superfluous ornaments; everything responds to a logic of clarity, stability, and modernity. The metal, cold and luminous, acts as a frame that enhances the globe’s presence without competing with it.
At the apex stands the column with a double twist, a detail that introduces dynamism and mechanical sophistication. That dual movement—visual and structural—evokes the orientation systems and rotation mechanisms typical of 20th-century scientific instruments, but reinterpreted from space-age aesthetics: pure lines, clean geometries, a sense of technological precision.
The ensemble operates as a decorative object and as a design piece: a globe that not only represents the world, but embodies the fascination with the future, with engineering, and with that optimistic vision of the space era. A piece that lights up any interior with its metallic presence, its formal balance, and its timeless character.
Certified shipping and good packaging.

