Clock or Barometer Wall Mount Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for wall-mounted clocks or barometers. The one at left has a mascaron at top and a fluted pillar leading down toward the round face. The bottom has garlands of beads, flowers, tassels, and a monogram rondel. The mount at left has a low, gadrooned vase on top with a pinecone finial, floral wreath, and ribbons atop a pedestal with bead course leading down to the round face, which is framed by bands of lamb tongue and cornucopia. The mount has garlands of flowers, tassels, and ribbons at the bottom. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-330-92
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper