Clock
date: label: Date
content: 1807–10
name: label: Maker
content: Antoine-Andre Ravrio, French, 1759–1814
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat, trapezoidal base with four arches along bottom front edge. Base supports a stage-like interior surmounted by semi-circular pediment inset with clock. Interior features a large door back center decorated with winged Victories, and, on either side, draped windows. In center a woman seated in Empire-style chair plays a piano with winged griffon supports and upright music rack. Pediment is flanked by two griffins and surmounted by a pair of winged cherubs holding an octagonal plaque with a bust of Apollo. Circular clock face is enameled white, and is flanked by classical lyre trophies.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Carl M. Loeb
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-82-1-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: timepieces & measuring devices
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: clock
label: Type
content: clock
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel (hands), glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 56 x 49.7 x 18.5cm (22 1/16 x 19 9/16 x 7 5/16in.)