| Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660 - 1800 |
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| Forward |
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| Section I: Setting the stage |
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| Why were English table clocks engraved |
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| 17th and 18th century engraving technique |
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| Prior studies of backplate engraving |
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| Section II: England's Golden Age of Horology |
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| Background: Engraving on English lantern clocks |
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| Early backplate engraving, 1660-1680 |
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| Flowers on tulip-engraved clocks during the Golden Age of Horology, 1660-1710 |
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| Principal design patterns on tulip-engraved clocks |
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| A closer look at tulip engraving |
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| Section III: 18th century backplate engraving |
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| Border styles |
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| Cartouche designs |
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| Inside the cartouche: "London" |
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| Arbor areas and mechanical elements attached to the backplate |
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| French baroque decoration replaces tulip engraving |
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| Huguenot clockmakers come to England |
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| Later phase baroque style engraving, 1715-1740 |
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| Birds |
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| Fruit and flower baskets |
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| Vine engraving, 1700-1740 |
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| Vine engraving, 1740-1770 |
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| Vine engraving, 1770-1800 |
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| As the century ends, travel through space and time to China and the ancient world |
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| Appendices |
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| Appendix 1: Another look at Tompion's Graver-195: Cluster analysis |
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| Appendix 2: Heart-shaped leaves: Joseph Knibb, Thomas Tompion, and others |
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| Appendix 3: Huguenot clockmakers in England during the late 17th and early 18th century |
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| References |
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| General Index |
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| Image Credits |
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| Index to Clockmakers |
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