COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
TFC_.19155046
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Caffiéri, Philippe
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
bronze decorations
Creator Dates/Places:
1714-1774
Creator Name-CRT:
Philippe Caffiéri
Creator Name:
Lieutaud, Balthazar
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
clock case
Creator Dates/Places:
d.1780
Creator Name-CRT:
Balthazar Lieutaud
Creator Name:
Berthoud, Ferdinand
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
clock mechanism
Creator Dates/Places:
1727-1807
Creator Name-CRT:
Ferdinand Berthoud
Title:
Longcase Regulator Clock with Mounts Emblematic of Apollo
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1767
Creation Start Date:
1767
Creation End Date:
1767
Materials and Techniques:
carcass of oak; veneered on the exterior with tulipwood and kingwood and inside the pendulum case with amaranth and snakewood; mounts of gilt bronze; plinth of gray marble veined with rose and brown
Classification Term:
Furniture
Dimensions:
H. overall 100 in. (254 cm.)
Dimensions:
W. of marble plinth 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm.)
Dimensions:
D. of plinth 14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Frick Collection
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
15.5.46
Credit Line:
Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Inscriptions:
Stamped, under the front of the hood and on the back of the base: B. LIEUTAUD; signed and dated, on a bronze plaque mounted below the sculptural group at the top: Les Bronze Par Caffierj L'aine 1767; inscribed, on the clock dial: FERDINAND/ BERTHOUD.
Copyright:
Licensed for non-commercial, educational use.
Related Document Description:
New York, The Frick Collection. A Guide to Works of Art on Exhibition [checklist]. 1997, n.p. New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comps. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.198. New York, TheFrick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.5 Furniture. [cat.]. 1992, pp.314-322.
Related Image Identifier Link:
TFC_.19155046.tif
