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Print, Design for a Clock, plate 4, from Nouveaux livre de boites de pendulles de coqs et etuys de montres et autres necessaire au Orlogeurs

This is a Print. It was designed by Daniel Marot. It is dated 1705–12 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching printed in red ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

The 17th and 18th centuries saw a proliferation of ornament prints, popular sources of patterns among artisans who circulated designs across long distances. Marot, a Huguenot expatriate to the Netherlands and court artist to William III of Orange, was a central figure in the creation of the William and Mary style.

In 1905, the Hewitt sisters were introduced to Jean-Léon Decloux in Paris during one of their acquisitions trips. Decloux collected drawings, print albums, and decorative arts objects, and soon became one of their agents for purchasing works on paper. To cement the relationship, he quickly donated examples of French ornamental paneling. On Decloux’s recommendation, the Hewitt sisters encouraged the museum’s advisory council to purchase over 500 drawings from Decloux’s collection in 1911; in 1921, the museum acquired 413 albums of Decloux’s ornament prints and related preparatory drawings.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

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  • turned, cut, and stained mahogany, cherry, pine, cut brass, wire,....
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1916-19-83-a,b
  • Clock Clock
  • fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel....
  • Gift of the Estate of Carl M. Loeb.
  • 1955-82-1-a/c

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

  • Zephyr Clock
  • brass, copper, bakelite, metal works.
  • Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
  • 1994-73-3
  • Drawing, Design for a Clock Radio
  • blue, black pastel, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on vellum.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Griffith Bailey Coale and from Eleanor....
  • 1992-181-1

Its dimensions are

Mount: 34.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Sheet:: 29.8 x 19.1 cm (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) Platemark: 28.5 x 19.5 cm (11 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 in. x 15 5/8 in. x 1 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 78; in black ink, lower right: 127.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Clock, plate 4, from Nouveaux livre de boites de pendulles de coqs et etuys de montres et autres necessaire au Orlogeurs; Designed by Daniel Marot (French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752); France; etching printed in red ink on paper; Mount: 34.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Sheet:: 29.8 x 19.1 cm (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) Platemark: 28.5 x 19.5 cm (11 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 in. x 15 5/8 in. x 1 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-352-77

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