Wall Clock (pendule d'alcove)

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Wall Clock (pendule d'alcove)

Creator

André-Charles Boulle

French Artist · 1642–1732

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Christened by his contemporaries as "the most skillful artisan in Paris," André-Charles Boulle's name is synonymous with the practice of veneering furniture with marquetry of tortoiseshell, pewter, and brass. Although he did not invent the technique, Boulle was its greatest practitioner and lent his name to its common name: boulle work. Boulle also specialized in floral marquetry in both stained a

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Strings once hung down from the clock through the two holes pierced on each side of this lyre-shaped wall clock. When pulled, they activated a chime that enabled the owner to hear the time in the middle of the night or in a darkened room. Known as a *pendule d'alcove,* this clock would have hung in an alcove above a bed. Appropriately enough for a timepiece, the lyre shape is associated with Apollo, god of the sun. A complex clock such as this one was a collaborative effort on the part of numerous craftsmen, probably in André-Charles Boulle's workshop. The clockmaker, who produced only the movements, would have commissioned a sculptor to design the model, a bronze caster to produce the bronze mounts, and a gilder to chase and gild them. Then an enameler would paint and fire the enamel numbers, each of which was inserted individually.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/609695df-fd8e-4807-83c0-5d50d48696b9
Artist/Maker
André-Charles Boulle
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SER
Date
about 1710
Medium
Gilt bronze; blue-painted horn; enameled metal
Culture
French
Object Type
Clock

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Object ID
5bcdf743-b18a-4578-8b26-5b98ab11fc7f
Object Type
Clock
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Creator
André-Charles Boulle
  • Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture
French
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Medium
Gilt bronze; blue-painted horn; enameled metal
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Department
Decorative Arts
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Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1710
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Begin Year
1710
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End Year
1710
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