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Electric clock

Designer Gilbert Rohde American
1933
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Electric clock
  • Designer: Gilbert Rohde (American, New York 1894–1944 New York)
  • Manufacturer: The Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan
  • Date: 1933
  • Medium: Chrome-plated metal, glass
  • Dimensions: 10 3/4 × 10 × 3 1/2 in., 6.4 lb. (27.3 × 25.4 × 8.9 cm, 2.9 kg)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.722.8
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Herman Miller Inc.
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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