Category Archive: Time
11/30
Monkeying Around
If I could have any clock ever made, I would probably choose this one—an organ pipe clock with a porcelain monkey orchestra—made by a French clockmaker and goldsmith in the mid-18th century and kept now at Paris’ Petit Palais. The…
10/30
“All the Time in the World”—It’s Out There
The new book— All the Time in the World— is launched! A big thanks to Booklist for a starred review, this site one which deemed the book a “lovely and lovingly researched literary gem” as well as “scholarly and highly…
10/30
Tick, Tock
How timely! All synched up with the launch of All the Time in the World—the Frick’s exhibition on clocks, “Precision and Splendor.” The French Gilt-Brass Table Clock circa 1530 is pretty amazing, as is the enameled Pendant Watch (1660) with…
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