Mantel Clock

1935/1942

Ernest A. Towers, Jr.

Associated Names
Ernest A. Towers, Jr.

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden mantel clock with a clock face and pendulum. The color palette includes shades of brown for the wooden frame, light and dark cream for the clock face, and gold tones for the pendulum and clock accents. The clock occupies most of the frame, with the pendulum visible through a glass panel beneath the clock face. In the top left corner, there is a dashed-line schematic drawing of the clock.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 18 3/4"high; 10 1/2" and 3 3/4" deep at base. Door 7"wide.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4791

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: DEL 259-1 ERNEST A. TOWERS JR.

Wikidata ID

Q64559624

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