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"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Mechanical table
Jean-François Oeben
ca. 1761–63
"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Mechanical casket
Heinrich Gambs
1800–1810
Celestial globe with clockwork
Gerhard Emmoser
1579
Traveling clock watch with alarm
Thomas Tompion
ca. 1680
Whale Oil Lamp
1860–80
Whale Oil Lamp
1860–80
"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Belisarius and His Guide
Antoine Denis Chaudet
1794
Oval table
David Roentgen
ca. 1774–80
Priming Flask with Sundial and Compass
German, probably Nuremberg
late 16th century
Two men in classical armor and two women looking at the mechanical devices on either side of an open courtyard; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'
Mathäus Küsel
1674
Banjo
Hercules McCord
ca. 1884
Cranequin from the Armory of Emperor Maximilan I (reigned 1493/1508–19)
Western or Central European, the Netherlands or Austria
ca. 1505–19
Game table
David Roentgen
ca. 1780–83
Tall case clock
Peter Stretch
1743–44
Tabernacle door with the risen Christ
Pietro Paolo Nardi
mid-17th century
Sinumbra Lamp
New England Glass Company
ca. 1830
Spit Bracket
Spanish (?)
16th century
Osage Warrior
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805–7
Table Lamp
Pattyn Products Co. (Detroit, Michigan)
ca. 1935
Longcase clock
Hermann Achenbach
ca. 1774–75
Gravikord
Bob Grawi
late 20th century
Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer
Peter Paul Rubens
1597
Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock
James Cox
1766
Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a Las Tres Modas
Workshop of the Ybarzabel family
late 18th century
Traveling table (table de voyage or table pliante)
French
ca. 1700–1720
Saint Sebastian
Alessandro Vittoria (Alessandro Vittoria di Vigilio della Volpa)
1566
Violoncello
Austrian
18th century
Squa Tront
James Siena
2005–2010
nine prints
James Siena
1999–2001
Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement
David Roentgen
ca. 1785–90
Astronomical table clock
German, Augsburg
second quarter 17th century
[Child with Orrery, Tellurian, and Other Astronomical Instruments]
Unknown
ca. 1857
Folding armchair (sedia a Savonarola)
Italian
15th century (textile); 19th century (chair: with earlier parts)
Commode
Jean François Cuvilliés the Elder
ca. 1735–40