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Cartel clock (one of a pair)

Jean Baptiste III Baillon | André Charles Boulle

ca. 1710, with later movement

Medium

Gilt bronze, horn, oak; enamel, brass, glass

Dimensions

confirmed: 27 × 11 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (68.6 × 29.2 × 11.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019

Classification

Horology

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French

Rights

Public Domain

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1670 –1772 • French

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