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Marble and bronze clock, the dial showing the hours in Roman numerals bears the inscription "Charpentier bronzier A Paris 6 rue d'Orléans", it is set in a post topped with a ribbon bow and laurel leaves, against which a woman reading is leaning, symbolizing "l'Emploi du Temps". It stands on a rectangular base with rounded fluted corners decorated with a frieze of rosette posts, and rests on six toupie feet. Napoleon III period Height : 37 cm - Width : 53 cm - Depth : 15 cm Note: The female figure shown here, symbolizing the "Emploi du Temps", is probably based on Jean-marc Nattier's portrait of Mme Geoffrin (1699-1777) née Marie-Thérèse Rodet, who ran one of the leading literary salons of the Age of Enlightenment. She entertained the most brilliant authors of her time, including Diderot, d'Alambert and Voltaire. This clock model is listed; the original 1754 model was sculpted by Laurent Guiard.
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Marble and bronze clock, the dial showing the hours in Roman numerals bears the inscription "Charpentier bronzier A Paris 6 rue d'Orléans", it is set in a post topped with a ribbon bow and laurel leaves, against which a woman reading is leaning, symbolizing "l'Emploi du Temps". It stands on a rectangular base with rounded fluted corners decorated with a frieze of rosette posts, and rests on six toupie feet. Napoleon III period Height : 37 cm - Width : 53 cm - Depth : 15 cm Note: The female figure shown here, symbolizing the "Emploi du Temps", is probably based on Jean-marc Nattier's portrait of Mme Geoffrin (1699-1777) née Marie-Thérèse Rodet, who ran one of the leading literary salons of the Age of Enlightenment. She entertained the most brilliant authors of her time, including Diderot, d'Alambert and Voltaire. This clock model is listed; the original 1754 model was sculpted by Laurent Guiard.
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