# Pedestal clock

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOULLE, André-Charles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oak veneered with engraved brass and tortoise-shell, height 125 cm

## Commentary

This clock is one of five examples of this elaborate model. The flanking figures represent the four continents, Europe, Asia, Africa and America; above the clock Cupid aims his arrows at whosoever comes to tell the time. André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers \(ébénistes\), gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing tortoise-shell and brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. Boulle marquetry dropped out of favor in the 1720s, but was revived in the 1780s.

## Related artworks

- [Bureau Plat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/bureau-plat-r3d84c3f9b68275>)
- [Cabinet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/cabinet-r2893153214c707>)
- [Clock face](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/clock-face-ra2a5f260b833c0>)
- [Commode](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/commode-r4272ce7245ea23>)
- [Decorative panel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/decorative-panel-re6e984e9504ad7>)
- [Large wardrobe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/large-wardrobe-r63a8dba84c94d8>)
- [Wardrobe and clock](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/wardrobe-and-clock-r95afed3bd30428>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)