Miniature Inlaid Longcase Clock with Sheraton Fan and Wheat Decoration
A miniature timber cased and inlaid longcase clock, 20th century, with an arched top inlaid with a Sheraton fan above an enamel dial with Roman numerals, the trunk decorated with wheat heads and leaves in an urn, the lower section with a navette medallion and stringing above an extended base with a shaped apron, with key, height 17.72 in.
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- Navette - Navette, the French word for (weaver's) shuttle, means shuttle shaped, and is used to describe shapes in jewellery, ceramics and silver.
- Thomas Sheraton - Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) was born in Stockton on Tees in the north of England. He was apprenticed to a local cabinetmaker and after working as a cabinetmaker, Sheraton moved to London about 1790. Although he described himself as a cabinet-maker, like Chippendale, no definite piece of furniture can be traced to him as maker. Nevertheless, he was immensely influential and in 1791-4 published his four volume book 'The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book'. The books were used as source of design by the furniture-making trade , who often simplified or modified the designs to suit their own preferences. Sheraton furniture is marked by restraint and sophistication, elegance and discretion, though he also found time to invent fanciful combination furniture.
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