Design for a Wall Clock
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Designer
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
label: Engraver
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
label: Publisher
content: Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin, Germany
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The engraving shows a clock consisting of two large opposing double scrolls framing the face, which includes two needles, decorative acanthus foliage and Roman numerals. Beneath it in the center, a cherub drums on two tambourines, the lower half of his body transforming into arabesques that fill the space around him. The crowning of the clock is shaped into a curvilinear dome and includes four fire urns with swags. The clock sits atop a stand with central mask in a shell, from which emerge two thick oak leaf swags on either side of it, both attached to the center of a volute at either end of the stand.
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: 1921-6-540-76
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound Print
label: Type
content: Bound Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0