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spring 1940 Woman's dinner jacket (designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, embroidered by Lesage, Paris)

rayon crinkle crepe, silk crepe, gilded metallic thread embroidery

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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NEW YORK - For the first time, the Wallace Collection is bringing together its clocks by one of history’s greatest designers and cabinetmakers, André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732), in a display that explores the art and science of timekeeping.

Five exceptional timepieces will tell the story of how Boulle took advantage of scientific discoveries to create unique clock designs, whose influence spread throughout the world and across the centuries.

As the most famous cabinetmaker working for the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV (1638–1715), Boulle would eventually give his name to the specific style that signified the glittering spectacle of the Baroque – elaborate veneer designs incorporating turtleshell, brass and other materials.

Alongside his work as a royal furniture maker, Boulle also turned his attention to the clock, the accuracy of which had recently been revolutionised through the invention of the pendulum by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) in 1656. As these sweeping weights called for larger clock cases, Boulle saw the opportunity to create bold and sumptuous designs.

Courtesy Alain Truong

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Medieval Alcove, St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, England

photo via midnight

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Mount Rainier NP.

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L'isola della vita - Arnold Böcklin (detail)

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October fungi, Lida Sweden.

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Abandoned trail near Lake Quinault, WA.

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(Nymph) late 18th century

KAUFFMANN, after Angelica - Creator

Oil on board

Queensland Art Gallery

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Wedding Night (French school, 20th century)

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conks

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In the company of junipers and lichens. Värmland, Sweden (November 17, 2019).

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The Scottish Highlands, 1875 by Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)

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Kilchurn Castle, Scotland

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Parrot mushrooms

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Io Moth (Automeris io), male, family Saturniidae, OK, USA

photograph by Susan Sanders

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Culbone Church - smallest church England