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Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement

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Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement

David Roentgen | Peter Kinzing

ca. 1785–90

Medium

Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel

Dimensions

Overall: 75 × 21 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (190.5 × 53.7 × 19.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, in honor of Wolfram Koeppe, 2015

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture|Horology

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

German, Neuwied am Rhein

Rights

Public Domain

About David Roentgen

1743–1807 • Germany

German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780

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