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1933	Work on this object began.
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Model 4083A Clock Clock

This is a clock. It was designed by Gilbert Rohde and manufactured by Howard Miller Clock Company. It is dated 1933 and we acquired it in 2015. Its medium is glass, chrome-plated metal, metal, enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

First displayed at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, this electric clock was designed, according to Rohde, to personify simplicity. He streamlined the form, reducing it to its essential parts, removing even the numbers in favor of small spheres to echo the clock’s overall geometric aesthetic. The blue mirror-glass face is its primary decorative aspect, giving this clock an overall machine-like appearance.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled True Blue.

This object was donated by George R. Kravis II. It is credited Gift of George R. Kravis II.

Tall Clock, Tall case clock
mahogany, carved teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass.
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund,1992.70.
21.2013.1

Z Clock
bent chrome-plated tubular brass, enameled brass, plate glass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-76

Analogue clock. Base is black, resembling a bracket facing upward, holding the rectangular shape of the clock's body. The sides and top are metal, as are the hands of the clock. The numbers are black and surrounded by a red border, whose shape resemebles grooves or gears of a watch. From the edges of the clock to the red border are shapes resembling triangles whose tips get cut off by the red circle. The shapes go around the red borer and alternate between grey and tan. Separating each of these shapes is a small, black rectangle placed along the adjacent edges of two shapes.

M-1, Type B2 Clock, ca. 1928
chromium-plated and enameled metal, molded bakelite, brushed-burnished silver.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-41-1

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

A semi-mystery eight day clock viewed in an upright position facing forward with a stand in back supporting the clock. A thick beveled circular mount is fabricated in shiny rock crystal. A ring of small rose-cut diamonds set in platinum borders the chapter ring of white champleve enamel with gold Roman numerals representing the hours adorned with gold rosettes in between. A gold rope bezel encircles small gold dots that represent minutes. A narrower rope bezel outlines the translucent light blue enamel face exhibiting a Guilloche design where translucent enamel covers a mechanically engraved repetitive pattern. In this case, raised straight lines with several lower lines in between are radiating from the diamond encrusted center dial. A large five-pointed diamond encrusted star set in platinum indicates the hour hand and a smaller multi-pointed star set in platinum with a large central diamond indicates minutes, both able to rotate and appear to be floating in space. This clock would fit in the palm of your hand and is photographed in a frontal view reflected against a white surface.

Semi-Mystery Clock, Stellar, ca. 1918
rock crystal, guilloché and champlevé enamel, rosecut diamonds, platinum.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.104

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 16.5 × 15.2 × 7.6 cm (6 1/2 in. × 6 in. × 3 in.)

Cite this object as

Model 4083A Clock Clock; Designed by Gilbert Rohde (American, 1894–1944); Manufactured by Herman Miller Clock Company (United States); glass, chrome-plated metal, metal, enamel; H x W x D: 16.5 × 15.2 × 7.6 cm (6 1/2 in. × 6 in. × 3 in.); Gift of George R. Kravis II; 2015-5-3

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/75G1a/
Accession Number 2015-5-3
Object ID 68813993