Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 468
wheels is itselfnot old; and for some time after their introduction clocks were manu-factured without cases or, at any rate, without cases of artisticimportance. In the 17 th century, cases for protecting the worksagainst dust and for giving the clock a more pleasing aspect, beginto appear. The… … Plate 257. The Desk, &c. The Clock-Case, &c. 455 and the lower part being destined for the weights. The other formis that of the dwarf drawing-room clock, the weights being replacedby springs, so that the case does not need to be so tall, and is onlydependent on the length of the pendulum.…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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