Mantel Clock Design
date: label: Date
content: 1775–94
name: label: Designer
content: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790
label: Print Maker
content: A. Colinet, French, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a mantel clock supported by fluted legs with fleurons on acorn feet, with a frieze of scrolling acanthus leaves in the center. The circular clock with its roman numerals is supported by an eagle and festoons of flowers, with leaves, ribbon, and an acorn finial on the top. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-310-23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper