Metadata: Cabinet with built-in side clock
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Manufacturer unknown | Carpenter
- Joseph Altwies (1900-1985), à vérifier | User
- Title:
- Cabinet with built-in side clock
- Date:
- Creation: around 1750 - 1799
- Inventory Number:
- 1987 - D.S.M.
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Furniture
- Mobiliary art
- Carpentry
- Wooden furniture
- Clock-making
- Designation:
- Cupboard
- Iconography:
- Flower
- Vase
- Foliage
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Rocaille
- Style Louis XV
- Material | Technique:
- Oak; Brass; Iron; Glass
- Measurements:
- Height (H): 255.5 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (FANFARE N 16 FOND)
- Description:
- Comtoiser movement (not original). (Former Fireback front which has been converted into a cabinet). Cabinet with four doors, one flap and built-in side clock. Carved ornaments in the style of Louis XV. Lower doors with XIX century carved decoration. Rocaille and floral decorations. In between the two upper doors carved wooden decorations in the form of flowers, vases and rocaille. In the centre of the cornice above the clock, wooden floral decoration. Fittings (locks and hinges) made of brass. On one of the hinges, which is covered with reused sheet brass, is the engraved inscription: FANFARE N 16 GROUND
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of creation: Luxembourg | Luxembourg City
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg Luxembourg | Remich Esch-sur-Sûre
- Location:
- Depot
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 18.03.2026
