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Period: 1970s
Vintage Italian Rococo Hand Carved and Painted Cherub/Angel Grandfathers Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Rococo Hand Carved and Painted Cherub/Angel Grandfathers Clock
Featuring an Italian Rococo style hand carved and painted grandfather Clock. The clock has 3 cherubs ...
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Italian Rococo Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Orologio francese con colonna in palissandro ottone 80s
Located in Cantù, IT
Prestigioso Orologio francese con colonna in palissandro ottone anni 80s produzione Mice versailles
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Italian Other Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Bronze
Pendulum clock, Italy, 1970
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Pendulum clock built in the 1970s. The story of this item is rather peculiar: Some time ago a kind-looking elderly gentleman came into our store and asked if he could look at our mer...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Steel
George Nelson for Howard Miller Midcentury Lucite Grandfather Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson for Howard Miller Mid Century lucite Grandfather Clock
This clock measures: 13 wide x 9 deep x 55.25 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studi...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Metal
George Nelson Midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
This clock measures: 16.5 wide x 9 deep x 72.5 inches high
We take our...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Rosewood, Burl
George Nelson Midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson Mid Century Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
This clock measures: 16.5 wide x 9 deep x 72.5 inches high
We take ou...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Rosewood, Burl
Midcentury Walnut Arthur Umanoff Meridian Pendulum Wall Clock for Howard Miller
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage Meridian wall clock designed by Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller in walnut, circa 1970s. This piece features a coffin shaped wood case and an inset orange backdrop accented with a brass...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Large Industrial Square Double Sided Factory Ceiling Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This square double-sided railway, school or factory wall clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1970s. The piece features a grey metal body, a dark gre...
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Czech Industrial Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Iron
1970s Nine Tube Mahogany Herschede Grandfather Clock with Brass Accents
Located in New York, NY
This is a nine tube Herschede grandfather clock, with Westminster, Canterbury, and Whittington chimes. The brass works with moon phase are ...
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American Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large Square Industrial Double-Sided Factory Hanging Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This square double-sided railway, school or factory clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1970s. The piece features a grey hammerpaint metal body,an i...
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Czech Industrial Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Iron
Mid-Century Glass Floor Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid-century glass floor clock.
This clock measures: 14.25 wide x 9.25 deep x 54.5 inches high.
This clock is in excellent vintage condition with minor marks, dents, and wear.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Metal
Vintage Brutalist Standing Clock, 1970s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Vintage sculpted brutalist design grandfather clock made from resin and wood.
The clock is illuminated on the inside and has a fully working mechanism.
The piece was made in be...
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Belgian Brutalist Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Resin, Wood
Modern Grandfather Clock by Howard Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern grandfather clock by Howard Miller, chrome and Lucite.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Barwick for Howard Miller Lucite Grandmother Clock, 1970s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a gorgeous, standing grandmother clock, with a Lucite face, by Barwick for Howard Miller, circa the 1970s. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 13" W ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Standing Grandfather Fall Clock with Étagère
Located in Wayne, NJ
Modern chrome standing open grandfather fall clock étagère. This modern clock has three shelves, two in glass and the bottom is black. It has an inner do...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Other
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare Oak Longcase Clock, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, rare oak longcase clock. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
Ceramic face by Boleslaw Danikowski.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
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Scottish Grandfather Clock
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George Nelson Meridian Wall Clock Rimini Blue Face by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
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Clock Company. Face is made of “Rimini Blue” Italian ceramic designed
by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, battery operated.
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French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
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George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
Located in Weesp, NL
Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
Can you tell me more about his clocks?
George’s clocks were one of his most impressive bodies of work. In total, he and his team designed over 130 clocks in just three decades.
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Postmodern Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Olympus Table Clock "Tempo 21"
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