Pendulum clock - Michael Graves per Alessi - Maple wood - 2000-2010 - First series

Alessi Spa - Crusinallo (Omegna)
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Table clock of the 1st series in very sought-after precious wood, highly prized by collectors!

Model: Mantel Clock 03
Materials: ebonized wood and maple veneer ABS.
Quartz movement with AA battery (included)
Design: Michael Graves (1986) 1988
Dimensions - 24×16×9 cm

This clock, entirely handmade, is a small domestic architecture that fascinates thanks to its multiple constructive details and its unique design.
This small jewel designed by the great Michael Graves for Alessi is the result of a meticulous investigation into the long tradition that conceives objects as architectures in miniature.

1st series designed in 1986 by Michael Graves for Alessi.

Pendulum in matte gold, not in polished gold as in later models.

In the first series only a few hundred of these mantel clocks were produced.

Completely handmade. The design of this pendulum clock refers to the long tradition of miniature architecture. This table clock was produced from 1986 to 1999 until a withdrawal became necessary due to manufacturing process issues. A reissue was released in 2013.

Case in veneered wood.
Black lacquered columns.
Completely handmade.

The published images are an integral part of the description.
Working clock and in excellent condition! No box

Immediate shipping with very careful packaging, trackable.

Designer
MICHAEL GRAVES, born in Indianapolis, has taught architecture at Princeton since 1962.
His architectural works include the Portland Building and the Humana Building, the expansion of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Newark Museum.

He created for Alessi in 1985 the Kettle with the Little Bird 9093 which has become a worldwide icon and one of the best-selling objects of all time, followed by a series of objects of the same family.

Michael Graves died in 2015.

Mantel clock and packaging, ebony wood / maple veneer / glass / metal / mechanical components, designed by Michael Graves, USA, 1986, produced by Alessi, Italy, 1988. Mantel clock consisting of a maple-veneered base that supports four ebony columns and a maple-veneered cube, which contains the clock dial. The cube is engraved with horizontal lines and is topped by a simple maple-veneered and ebony front piece. The white square dial features twelve numbers and the Alessi label, while between the front pieces a round pendulum is suspended.

GRAVES FOR ALESSI
The American architect and designer Michael Graves (born 1934, Indianapolis, USA), developed this "Mantel Clock" in 1986 for the leading Italian design company Alessi. Launched in 1988, it was acclaimed for its postmodern interpretation of classic design, with four ebony columns in a Tuscan style supporting a square front and the clock dial.

Graves commented on the project in 1988: 'When designing the table clock, I was interested in exploring the established tradition of seeing artifacts as miniature architectures. There are countless examples where furniture and objects sit in interiors as idealized items that draw their primary cues from proportioned architectural systems. I have always been interested in the ambiguity that arises between these hints of 'interior buildings' and their external precedents.' (Alessi: the Design Factory, Academic Press, 1998, p93)

It is shipped with specially careful packaging included in the shipping cost.
I will be happy to assist you after purchase with any information regarding the purchase of this stunning and rare object!