Glencoe world globe combines a stylish walnut colored stained hardwood with die-cast top and bottom plates. This globe stand is adapted from a large brick pedestal designed in 1911 for the Booth Park in Glencoe, IL by the renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The antique ...Glencoe world globe combines a stylish walnut colored stained hardwood with die-cast top and bottom plates.
This globe stand is adapted from a large brick pedestal designed in 1911 for the Booth Park in Glencoe, IL by the renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The antique map highlights Wright’s timeless design. Map is up-to-date.
To better emphasize the mountainous areas of the world - there are ‘bumps’ on some areas of the globe. They are called raised relief. They are there so that you can ‘SEE & FEEL’ the mountains - although their actual height on the globe does not have any relationship to the true relative heights of the mountain ranges.