Object data
wood and iron
height 14.5 cm × width 12.6 cm × depth 2.4 cm
anonymous
Model of a Hanging Knee
France, c. 1812
Inscriptions
- inscription, on three different sides: Courbe de 1er Pont pour Vau de 80. // Echelle de 3 pieds de france // Echelle d’un metre.
- label, on the inner corner: 111 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-111
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Construction model of a composite hanging knee. The model can be taken apart and consists of five parts: the bearer, the sidepiece and the inner corner are dovetailed together; the whole is strengthened on either side with two arched iron strips (one is missing). On two sides scales have been depicted, one in French feet and one with metric dimensions.
In 1812, the French Constructor-General Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831) had this model sent from Antwerp to the Dutch Constructor-General Pieter Glavimans (1755-1820) as an example of how French knees were constructed.1
Scale (on model) 1:12.5.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 111; M. Marzari, Progetti per l’imperatore. Andrea Salvini ingegnere a l’arsenal 1802-1817, Trieste 1990, pp. 62, 98; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 124-33
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Hanging Knee, France, c. 1812', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.243921
(accessed 26 December 2024 22:25:04).