The principal founder of the Wallace Collection, the 4th Marquess of Hertford, had a passion for clocks, collecting them in both Paris and London. Most were kept in his apartment in the rue Laffitte in Paris, but several, acquired in England, were part of the furnishings of Hertford House, notably the astronomical clock. Despite the elaborate movement of the latter, Lord Hertford, like the French 18th-century noblemen whose tastes he so often shared, bought his clocks for the artistry of their cases, whether in Boulle ...
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The principal founder of the Wallace Collection, the 4th Marquess of Hertford, had a passion for clocks, collecting them in both Paris and London. Most were kept in his apartment in the rue Laffitte in Paris, but several, acquired in England, were part of the furnishings of Hertford House, notably the astronomical clock. Despite the elaborate movement of the latter, Lord Hertford, like the French 18th-century noblemen whose tastes he so often shared, bought his clocks for the artistry of their cases, whether in Boulle marquetry, gilt and patinated bronze, gilt bronze and marble, Sevres porcelain, lapis lazuli, tulipwood or ebony.
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Add this copy of French Eighteenth-Century Clocks and Barometers: in the to cart. $28.00, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Wallace Collection.
Add this copy of French Eighteenth-Century Clocks and Barometers in the to cart. $39.90, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Trustees of the Wallace Collection.
