Tall case clock

Creator:: Townsend, John, 1732-1809, and Goddard, John, 1723-1785, active late 1730s-late 1770s
Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1760–1780
Physical Description:: 94 1/2 x 18 x 9 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Chippendale mahogany tall clock with block and shell-carved center door, flanked by fluted quarter columns, paneled base with chamfered and lamb's-tongue corners; ogee bracket feet, broken arch top with rare spiral-carved capitals in punchwork background, original stop fluted flame finials; enameled dial, superb golden brown patina. Goddard-Townsend.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 852, pl. P3577.
Variant Titles:: Chippendale mahogany tall case clock
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Chippendale
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3577
Genre:: tall case clocks (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, May 1972
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: 10976 nc, cab4dw4 misc end tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10992300
OID:: 12116965
PID:: digcoll:1024590