About World Globes

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be America’s greatest architect.  He amazed the world with his architectural ingenuity and designs.  His vision encompassed the buildings and residences he designed as well as their landscaping, art glass, furniture, lighting and floor covering — to create a unified whole.  An adaption of one of Mr. Wright’s vase designs developed in 1929 for Leerdam Fabrique in Germany.  The Oberlisk world globe floor stand is made of solid maple and cherry hardwood.  Please check out our Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection.

Today, the world globe has become the map of our modern world.  Where else can you see it in its true geograpical relationsip to the rest of the world or, in other words, see those countries which are its neighbors and the true distances and directions between them?  For only on a world globe are distances, directions, sizes and shapes of countries, and their relationship to each other — all correct!  Seeing the true geographical relationships of all nations on this round replica of our world increases our understanding of their economic, social and political status, as well as their interdependence.  People and places, future and past, space and time.  A world globe is a reservoir for all of this.  Probe the mysteries of a world globe.

Courtesy of Replogle Globes world’s largest globe manufacturer.