Design for a Long-Case Clock in a Niche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1732
name: label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Designer
content: Antoine François Vassé, French, 1681 - 1736
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The rich decoration of the clock refers to Apollo, who is seated upon a globe, which is surrounded by a band serving as a dial. Flanked by parts of French windows. The plane of the niche and clock is shown on the floor. Framing line. Signed: "A. Vassé invenit deli." bottom left; "C. N. Cochin Filius sculp." bottom right.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1921-6-47
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 53.5 × 32.6 cm (21 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)