Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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"Tide" clock

designed 1933; made 1933–37
Designed by Gilbert Rohde
Manufactured by Herman Miller Clock Company
Overall: 15.9 x 40.6 x 6.4 cm (6 1/4 x 16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Macassar ebony (or East India Laurel), chrome, glass; electrical fittings

Classification: Furniture

Object Place: Zeeland, Michigan

Accession number: 2009.5314

Location: John Axelrod Gallery (American Modern: The 1920s and 30s)

Description: Model #6366

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; February 11, 1988, purchased by John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts from Inglett-Watson, Baltimore, Maryland; 2008, on loan as a Promised Gift to the MFA by John Axelrod; 2009, given to the MFA by John Axelrod

The John Axelrod Collection