tripod for graphometer
Datecirca 1789
Inventory NumberDW0873b
ClassificationTripod
Subject
Attributed to
Noël Jean Lerebours
1761 - 1840
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions143 x 14 x 14 cm (56 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionAn unusual wood tripod for graphometer with large brass wingnuts. Some woodworm marks. The tapered legs are tipped with metal spike pointed feet.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksThis tripod was sold with Lerebours's graphometer. It could very well be from another maker in the early nineteenth century.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Alain Brieux, Paris, May 15, 1964 (lot 16/12).
Nicolas Marie Paymal Lerebours
Date: 1830-1845
Object number: 1997-1-1681
Lerebours et Secretan
Date: 1845-1855
Accessories: 2 convertible objectives; 3 nosepieces; 1 larger objective; 1 ocular; right-angled and straight tubes; mechanical stage; dissecting set; mechanical stage; case with drawer.
Object number: 1220
Lerebours et Secretan
Date: 1845-1855
Accessories: carrying case; slide holders (2); brass lens cap
Object number: WJ0119
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