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Cabinet and Clock

André-Charles Boulle (French, 1642-1732) , clock and cabinet (Cabinetmaker)
Antoine Gaudron (French, 1690-1730) , movement (Clockmaker)
ca. 1710
ebony, oak, rosewood, gilt metal mounts, brass and tortoise shell inlay

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Ogden Mills (1856–1929), New York City [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1929 (?); deaccessioned and returned to the Ogden Mills family after 1937 (?); inherited by Barbara Phipps Janney (1911–1987, granddaughter of Ogden Mills), Baltimore, before 1952; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1952.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
5/13/1958 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall: H. 74 x W. 40 1/16 in. (188 x 101.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr & Mrs Stuart S Janney, Jr., 1952

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

65.46

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