CasemakerCase by
Charles Cressent (French, 1685–1768)French, 1685–1768
CultureFrench
Titles
- Cartel Clock
Datec. 1730
MediumGilt-bronze, tortoiseshell, brass, wood, and enamel
DimensionsOverall: 52 × 17 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (132.1 × 45.4 × 22.2 cm)
Clock (.A): 33 1/2 × 15 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (85.1 × 40.3 × 14.6 cm)
Bracket (.B): 19 7/8 × 17 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (50.5 × 45.4 × 22.2 cm)
Clock (.A): 33 1/2 × 15 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (85.1 × 40.3 × 14.6 cm)
Bracket (.B): 19 7/8 × 17 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (50.5 × 45.4 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.356.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition HistorySplendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, January 22–May 17, 2009
Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection, January 23, 2013 to March 9, 2014
Possibly in Chez Elle, Chez Lui: at home in 18th century France at Rosenberg & Stiebel, April 23 to June 13, 1987
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on back of mechanism: J B te Delaroche Paris
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