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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.
This etching for the upper part of a clock features a caryatid beating upon a pair of drums, alluding to the rhythm of the clock’s mechanism. The margins of the sheet are filled with alternative designs for clock faces and other ornaments. The design could have been executed in polychrome wood marquetry or with a tortoiseshell and brass veneer in the style of André-Charles Boulle.
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the proliferation of ornament prints, a useful resource for artisans wanting to stay current with the latest design trends. Daniel Marot produced a vast number of prints, having learned the technique of etching from his father. As court artist to William III of Orange, Marot was the central figure in the creation of the William and Mary style, the Anglo-Dutch expression of courtly Baroque style. He was among the Huguenots who fled France and took refuge in Holland following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. The migration of Protestants helped to disseminate the French style internationally. The dense profusion of ornament in this design closely resembles the work of the French court artist Jean Berain, particularly in the flat, interlacing band work enlivened by classicizing swags and urn forms.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Church Birdcage
- turned, cut, and stained mahogany, cherry, pine, cut brass, wire,....
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-19-83-a,b
- Clock (France)
- fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel....
- Gift of the Estate of Carl M. Loeb.
- 1955-82-1
- Big Ben Chime Alarm Clock
- enamelled metal, brass, blued steel (hands), printed paper.
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
- 1972-88-185
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- 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
- Zephyr Clock
- brass, copper, bakelite, metal works.
- Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- 1994-73-3
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
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Foreign Exchange, Hewitt Sisters Collect and The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 from the Alan & Simone Hartman Collection.
