Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

EXHIBITIONS

New York, The Metropolitan Museum

of Art, Magnificent Time-Keepers, January

1971-March 1972, no. 67.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wilson, Clocks, no. 1, pp. 8 -11, illus.;

Wilson, Selections, no. 7, pp. 14-15, illus.;

Handbook 1986, p. 149, illus.; Verlet, Les

Bronzes, p. 164, illus. p. 164, fig. 200; C. E.

Zonneyville-Heyning, "Gilden," Visuele

Künsten: Kunstgeschiedenis van de nieuwe

tijd^ (1989), p. 44, illus.; Handbook 1991,

p. 161, illus.

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129. Wall Clock (pendule d'akove)
     Paris, circa 1710
     Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
     Gilt bronze; blue painted horn; enameled
     metal; glass
     Label on back inked Vernon House, Staircase.
     Height: 2 ft. 4 in. (71.1 cm); Width: 11 % in.
     (28.6 cm); Depth: 454 in. (11.4 cm)
     Accession number 73 .DB.74

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