Object Details
Manufacturer
Howard Miller Clock Company, American, founded 1926
Designer
George Nelson, (American, 1908–1986)
Irving Harper, American, 1916 – 2015
George Nelson Associates, American, founded 1947
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
White-painted circular wooden body with twelve steel rods radiating from the perimeter, each rod with a wooden ball at the end. Central black hour hand in the form of an arrow; minute hand is a thin black strip with an oval near the end; second hand is a slim red strip with a small circle at the short end.
Credit Line
Gift of The Mel Byars Collection
Date
1948
Accession Number
1991-26-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
timepieces & measuring devices
Decorative Arts
Object Name
clock
Type
clock
Medium
wood, paint, steel, sheet metal
Dimensions
Diam x D: 33.3 x 6.5 cm (13 1/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
manufactured in
Zeeland, Michigan, USA
designed in
New York, New York
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1991-26-1