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Instruments > Precision instruments > Clocks, horloges > Longcase clocks

Preferred term

Longcase clocks

Definition(s)

Pendulum-driven floor clocks having cases about 6 feet high or larger, developed in England in the mid-17th c. [AAT 94]

Broader concept(s)

Clocks, horloges

Narrower concept(s)

Double clocks

Synonym(s)

Case clocks, long
Case clocks, tall
Grandfather clocks
Grandfather's clocks
Hall clocks
Long case clocks
Tall case clocks
Tall clocks

Notation

119743

In other languages

Horloge de parquet

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DWN0S85M-1

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