Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Tower Clock

Tower Clock

Designer: Karim Rashid, Canadian, born Egypt, 1960
Manufacturer: Nambé Studio
Medium: Polished metal alloy
Place Manufactured: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Dates: 1996
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. (16.5 x 10.2 x 7 cm)
Markings: Printed on clock face: "nambe' / Studio [in script] / QUARTZ" Incised on underside of base: "nambe' / Studio [in script] ® / © 1996 / 6155"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1999.27.3
Credit Line: Gift of Nambé Studio
Image: Overall, 1999.27.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: "Tower" clock of polished metal alloy. Half-ovoid shaped top with clock face on flat side. Silver-colored clock face set inside circular frame under glass. Hour, minute, and second hands rectangular black members. Hours marked with black dots, minute divisions between marked by smaller black dots. Half-ovoid top tapers sharply into long cylindrical base, gradually widening toward bottom. CONDITION: Unused.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Tower Clock