Longcase clock
Medium
Case: oak veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, and hornbeam (all partly stained), and other woods; mother-of-pearl; gilded bronze; and brass; Dial: partly gilded and partly silvered brass and enameled and painted copper; Movement: brass and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 122 1/2 × 27 × 16 in. (311.2 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)
Classification
Horology
Culture
German, Neuwied am Rhein
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Edgar Worch, in memory of her husband, 1975
Accession Number
1975.101
Tags
ZodiacAstronomy
About the Artist
David Roentgen|Hermann Achenbach|Johann Schmidt|Reusch|Thomas Chippendale · 1743–1807
German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780