American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofArt Institute of Chicago

Tall Case Clock

Movement by Thomas Hughes (London, active 1750–1783)

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago

Maker

Movement by Thomas Hughes (London, active 1750–1783)

Date

c. 1750

Medium

Mahogany and New England white pine

Dimensions

259.1 × 59.7 × 29.2 cm (102 × 23 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

Form

Clock

Origin

Boston

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession

1990.395

Credit line

Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and Walter E. Heller Foundation, and Harold Stuart Endowment