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 burner at top and pedestals on the sides with vases filled with flowers. The frame of the clock or barometer face has egg and dart and fluting ornamentation. The design at left features an eagle with wings spread atop a pedestal and two side pedestals with lion faces and topped by baskets of flowers. The round face of the clock or barometer is framed with a mascaron at top and bead and lamb tongue bands. At the bottom are stylized acanthus leaves, a bunch of grapes, and vines. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-330-96
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