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Desk Clock

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Object Details

Producer

Cartier, French, founded 1847
Maurice Coüet, French, 1885-1963

Manufacturer

European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., French-Swiss, founded 1920

Description

A square panel of rock crystal with molded edges framing a circular dial of Chinese lacquer inlaid with tinted mother-of-pearl antique Chinese panel depicting figures at a loom, within a shaped bezel of deep blue enamel with orange translucent enamel Roman numerals, rose-cut diamond and ruby arrow hands, each corner inset with a cabochon ruby in a gold bezel, completed by a folding strut

Credit Line

Lent by Private Collection

Date

ca. 1925

Accession Number

13.2016.97

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

timepieces & measuring devices
Exhibitions
Desk Clock

Medium

Rock crystal, Chinese lacquer, rose-cut diamonds and rubies, cabochon rubies, lac burgauté, enamel, gold

Dimensions

H x W x D: 7.5 × 7.5 × 2.8 cm (2 15/16 × 2 15/16 × 1 1/8 in.)

made in

Paris, France

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq450d2eee0-d428-40ad-9dc5-9683ddf3f21f

Record ID

chndm_13.2016.97

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