Clock face with the signs of the zodiac
date: label: Date
content: 1785
name: label: Attributed to
content: Louis-Félix de La Rue, French, 1731 - 1765
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The signs of the zodiac are displayed upon its outside band. Chronos is seated underneath raising the hour glass with his left hand and pointing at a ribbon. It contains four angular holes in which the exact date is intended to be visible. Shown here is "Mardi 19/18 Mars 1785."
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: 1911-28-126
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 39.3 × 25.4 cm (15 1/2 in. × 10 in.)