Tiered Tall Clock188091 × 25 3/8 × 14"Light and dark wood with marquetry, parquetry, and jigsaw cut openworkGift of The Hirschhorn Foundation1997.6.30Consists of 5 stacked sections: base, 3 cabinets, and a clock with bonnet and four turned wood pinnacles. THe entire piece is made of two woods of contrasting colors, a dark one cut to imitate bricks, and a lighter wood that imitates cement joints between the bricks. A large inlaid cut-out of a reclining Father Time occupies the front of the lower cabinet door. The middle door shows a standing warrior goddess with helmet, sword, and a shield displaying an hour glass. The door of the top cabinet has a mirror framed in fret wotk. The left and right side panels of the clock case show identical figures: at the top, a trumpeting man; a dancing woman in the middle panels; and a running (or flying) child, in thre lower panels. The scrolll work around the clock is inlaid into a dark background so that it appears to be open-work. The figures and scroll work are all cut from slabs of the same wood used to imitate cement between the bricks.1538202383Artist unidentifiedFurniture/FurnishingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24258United StatesThree Dimensional WorksFURNITURE
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