Longcase clock by David Roentgen|Hermann Achenbach|Johann Schmidt|Reusch|Thomas Chippendale

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

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About the Artist

David Roentgen|Hermann Achenbach|Johann Schmidt|Reusch|Thomas Chippendale · 17431807

German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780

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