The big clock Morbier consists of a high chest of fir, painted with floral decorations. The high chest has the central part in the shape of a mandolin, with a glass that exposes the pendulum worked. In the upper part presents the exhibition with roman numerals, framed by sheet, embossed and gilded with elements foliaceous and a lyre in the top center.
Product Condition: Product in good conditions, shows some signs of wear.
Soft coniferous wood, used for rustic furniture or to build the chest, that is the structure, of furniture then veneered in more precious woods. It has been used since ancient times, its most valuable use is, in the Spruce variant, in the inlays of French antique furniture of the '700 . The spruce, more typical of northern Europe, in Italy grows mainly in the Eastern Alps at altitudes above 1300 m. The noblest use of this essence was in the construction of violins, guitars and cellos: Stradivari himself produced his famous violins with this wood.