America, New York / c. 1880
Tall Clock
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Tall Clock as furniture and woodwork (America, New York · c. 1880).
Associated Artists assembled this clock using imported carved wood panels from India. For an American owner, the motifs suggested decorative styles from faraway places.
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The museum identifies this furniture and woodwork as mahogany, teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass and credits Tiffany & Co. (America, New York, est. 1837).
The museum's collection notes: In 1879, Louis Comfort Tiffany joined several other artisans to create an interior decoration firm called Associated Artists. The firm was very influential in advocating a rejection of historical styles in favor of the new fashion from more eclectic sources of inspiration, including the Islamic world and Japan. One of Tiffany's partners, Lockwood De Forest, traveled extensively in India to find carved wood and other decorative accessories that could be used in their designs. This clock's design was one result of this collaboration. The heavily carved panels on the clock were likely purchased in India during this time and assembled with a cloc
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