Tall case clock

Creator:: Embree, Effingham, 1759-1817
Published/Created:: New York, United States
ca. 1800–1810
Physical Description:: 100 3/4 x 18 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; enamel
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany inlaid tall clock, the arched hood featuring the American eagle inlaid on a globe and spire, the waist door and base with fan-inlaid quadrants and crossbanded borders; the waist door flanked by fluted quarter columns, plinth base, the enamel moon dial inscribed "EFFINGHAM EMBREE, NEW YORK"; fine mellow brown patina.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2378, pl. P5846.
Variant Titles:: Hepplewhite mahogany inlaid tall clock
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Hepplewhite style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Hepplewhite
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5846
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, October 1986
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:: 10992549
OID:: 12117034
PID:: digcoll:1024628