Accession No

5990

Brief Description

model of a cross-section of a tree, by Emile Deyrolle, French, early 20th Century

Origin

France; Paris; 46 Rue du Bac

Maker

Deyrolle, Emile

Class

demonstration; natural history

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

1904

Material

plaster (gesso); paper (card); paint

Dimensions

length 585mm; height 405mm; depth 140mm (at largest points)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd., 75a Jermyn Street, St James, London, England, on or before 21/01/2004.

Inscription

‘MANUFACTURE DE MATERIEL
POUR LES SCIENCES NATURELLES
Emile DEYROLLE
46, Rue du Bac. PARIS’ (stamped into the gesso on the bark)

‘K. k. Staatsgymnasium im VIII. Bezirk. [printed]
No IIn11Z ... 33 (?) [handwritten but obscured]
(?) Movell einen
Holg...sla...ies (?)
Ta...sler 1904’ [all handwritten] (on original label on reverse of object)
‘451’ (on label on reverse of object)
‘13p
30628 3’ (written in pen on modern label on reverse of object)
‘...-9600-0...4’ (printed on partially removed modern label on reverse of object)

Description Notes

Model of a cross-section of a tree by Emile Deyrolle, Paris, France. Early 20th century. Model is made of painted plaster (gesso) and card, and shows a cross-section of a tree trunk. Approximately a quarter of the circular tree ring is shown in the model. Base is painted black.

Successive layers of the tree interior are shown, using various colours, including brown for the bark and white for the central pith. The different textures and sizes of the cell structures are also represented on the model. Each layer is cut away from the previous one. A few individual cells in the yellow (cortex?) section have painted detail.

An Emile Deyrolle manufacturers stamp is imprinted into plaster of the bark layer. Has original rectangular label on reverse with text in German (?), some obscured with blue marks. Another small label on reverse inscribed ‘451’ in blue pen, possibly original, with perforated edges, as on a stamp. Object also has two modern labels on the reverse, one reads ‘13p(?) 30628 3’. The other is partially removed and reads ‘...-9600-0...4’.

Condition good; some slight chipping to gesso in various places, including the top of the ‘bark’ section.

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