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Source Description
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 clock mechanism from Tiffany's father's shop, Tiffany and Co., whose name appears on the clock face.
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Document identity
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156855
label
Tall Clock
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
156855
contentType
object
title
Tall Clock
description
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 clock mechanism from Tiffany's father's shop, Tiffany and Co., whose name appears on the clock face.
date
c. 1880
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60761033
creators
7431
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 247.3 x 66 x 36.5 cm (97 3/8 x 26 x 14 3/8 in.)
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America, New York
accession
1992.7
Source extras
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mahogany, teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass
tombstone
Tall Clock, c. 1880. Tiffany & Co. (America, New York, est. 1837). Mahogany, teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass; overall: 247.3 x 66 x 36.5 cm (97 3/8 x 26 x 14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1992.70
collection
Furniture
inscriptions
inscription
lower dial face inscribed: Tiffany & Co., Makers.
didYouKnow
Associated Artists assembled this clock using imported carved wood panels from India. For an American owner, the motifs suggested decorative styles from faraway places.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 61; Mentioned: p. 67
citation
Hawley, Henry. "An Indo-American Tall Clock." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 4 (1993): 170-73.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 171; Mentioned: p. 170-73
creditline
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
galleryDonorText
The Cleveland Foundation Gallery
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2026-05-29 08:09:37.482000
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156855
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany, teak with dial faces of gilded and patinated metal, glass
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gender unknown
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