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1944

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Clock (France)

This is a clock. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is wood, gesso, gilding, metal, paint. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

  • Tall Clock, Tall case clock
  • mahogany, carved teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund,1992.70.
  • 21.2013.1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 55 x 30.5 x 17 cm (21 5/8 x 12 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Clock (France); wood, gesso, gilding, metal, paint; H x W x D: 55 x 30.5 x 17 cm (21 5/8 x 12 x 6 11/16 in.); 1944-56-1-a/c

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