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Clock with pedestal
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Medium

Case and pedestal of oak with marquetry of tortoiseshell, engraved brass, and pewter; gilt bronze; dial of gilt brass with white enameled Arabic numerals; movement of brass and steel

Dimensions

Overall, dims confirmed, wt. estimated: 87 1/4 × 14 3/4 × 11 5/8 in., 100 lb. (221.6 × 37.5 × 29.5 cm, 45.4 kg); Other (clock and crest): 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1958

Classification

Horology

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris

Rights

Public Domain

About André Charles Boulle

1642 –1732 French