Designs for Clock Cases and Bronze Figures
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Designer
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Print Maker
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for four clock cases and two sculptures on bases. The clock case types include three wall clocks (cartel clocks) and a pedestal clock. The clocks and figures are decorated with gilt bronze mounts featuring scrolling leaves, foliate scrolls, acanthus leaves, cartouches, palm leaves, shells, putti, rosettes, roosters, fleurons, wings, flowers, sphynx, a star, fluting, gadrooning, and c-scrolls. The two sculpted figures on pedestals, are a seated nude male with his arm outstretched, and on the right, a seated nude female figure with a winged putto at her feet. The designs are titled, the plate is numbered, and signed by the publisher.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-449-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24 × 36.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 21 × 29.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.5 × 29.2 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/2 in.)