Clock (pendule à console), ca. 1720–23
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1720–23
Clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 61.69), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Clock (pendule à console)”. The museum dates it ca. 1720–23. It is attributed to Louis Mÿnüel (French, about 1675/80–1742). The museum records the medium as Case: oak veneered with brass and tortoiseshell with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: gilded brass and enamel and the dimensions as Overall: 38 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (97.2 × 57.2 × 24.1 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Case: oak veneered with brass and tortoiseshell with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: gilded brass and enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 38 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (97.2 × 57.2 × 24.1 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Louis Mÿnüel
Identification
- Met object id
- 202541
- Museum object name
- Clock
- Museum object number
- 61.69
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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