French Provincial Clocks
FRENCH PROVINCIAL STYLE
Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.
Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.
Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.
The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.
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Style: French Provincial
Antique French 19th C Japy Fil Classical Figure Bronze Slate Marble Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful 19th Century French Mantel Clock. Features a seated woman in the thinker position. She is wearing a large flowing dress, sitting on a Klismos chair with footed raised ove...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Slate, Bronze
19th Century French Provincial Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
A fine quality three-piece French gilt red marble and bronze clock set comprising
two three branch candelabra and a mantel clock.
The clock has a whi...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Clock Mantel Gilded Spinx Marble 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire mantel clock in marble and gilt
Piece is surmounted - very high Empire - by the gilded sphinx
Classic Egyptian style with specicmen marble supports and Egyptia...
Category
1880s Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Marble
French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French Alabaster and Gilt Brass Portico Mantel Clock with porcelain clock face. Provenance: From a 50 Madison Avenue estate.
Dealer: S138XX
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with pine case and embossed brass pendulum. The case is from Normandy circa 1900-1920 and the movement is from Marseille...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique French Tall Case Clock, Painted Case
Located in Oakwood, GA
French Case Clock, Tall Case Clock, Grandfather Clock, Circa 1870, Pine case, Painted front, Clock face is framed by an intricate brass repousse fron...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime. Item features Bronze ormolu, beveled glass door, includes keys as pictur...
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Early 1900s Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Louis XVI French Barometer From 1700s
Located in Lejre, DK
A Louis XVI French barometer adorned with intricate carvings and original gilding, dating back to the late 1700s. This exquisite piece stands as a tes...
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Early 1700s French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s
Located in Media, PA
Exceptional antique french clock with superb bronze workmanship. Created by hand in the late 19th century, with utmost craftsmanship. The way the bronze figure is made is unreal, if ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Comtoise Morbier Wall Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
Morbier wall clock movement with the weights, key and balance. Strikes on the hour and two minutes after and on the half hour. This clock has just been professionally cleaned and se...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Zinc 'Clock Tower' Antique Wall Clock
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sourced in the South of France we love the patina to this large zinc clock.
We have replaced the clock mechanism with a new battery high torque system.
Category
1890s French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Zinc
Antique French Table Clock in Bronze from the Carlo X Era
Located in Milano, IT
An antique table clock in gilded and bronzed bronze, made in France during the Carlo X era, represents an authentic masterpiece of the art and hor...
Category
1820s French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Late 18th-early 19th C. Fine Cherry Tall Case Clock
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A neoclassical style case with pilaster supports and a chapeau de gendarme bonnet, A glazed door over the face with enamel dial and lovely repousse brass surround topped with sea mon...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Cherry
French 19th Century Tall Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century banjo shaped case clock is an eye catching piece in any space. Topped by an ornately carved cornice above the dial faced door. Supported by an intricate bras...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron
Comtoise Morbier Tall Case Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice Comtoise Morbier tall clock in a floral paint decorated Pine case, France - late 19th century. Rings on the hour and two minutes after the hour...
Category
1870s French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Pine
Working French 19th C. Comtoise Morbier Tall Case Clock By Bernard To
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A French provincial Comtoise Mobler tall case clock in faux painted finish with green hand-painted decoration, embossed metal pendulum and face surround, side access panels, convex...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge De Parquet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century French Horloge De Parquet, or tall case clock, from Provence made of solid walnut. The case is in three parts with paneled...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Rare French Table Clock, End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE FRENCH TABLE CLOCK end 19th Century
In yellow metal and cloisonné enamels "flowers", enameled dial and pendulum with river landscapes and enam...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Tall Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This fantastic solid oak case clock was crafted in France during the 19th century. A sharply carved bonet over a single door with glass panes for the dial case and pendulum to show t...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Antique Morbier French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Morbier French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood, Mahogany
Please note that this item contains materials tha...
Category
19th Century Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 18th C. Belgium Provincial Longcase Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 18th century Belgium provincial long case clock with inlaid star motif at the bottom. The clock retains al of it's original hardware. The door with pendulum window opens to reveal a single weighted pendulum. The top has an arched and carved bonnet that contains a pewter and brass clock face. Above the clock face, there is a Belgium address plaque...
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18th Century Belgian Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass, Pewter
French Tower Clock Face
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fantastic large French iron tower clock face.
This large clock face retains its original aged paint and large copper hands.
Brilliant patina to th...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
By Alexandre Fournier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with polychrome painted pine case and embossed brass pendulum. Original seven day Morbier...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
French Painted Tall Case Morbier Clock
Located in Woodbury, CT
Faux-painted, French Morbier tall case clock with brass and enamel face, hammered brass pendulum. Posies, lily-of-the-valley and strawbe...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Pine
Antique French Provincial Grandfather Clock, Circa 1870-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French provincial grandfather clock, circa 1870-1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Wall Clock, Wood German
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare find Antique French or maybe German wall clock. All wood frame with hand made brass gears. The dial is painted and shows the old paint cracks. I beli...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique AD Mougin French figural garniture clock and mantel urns. Made of marble and bronze with gilt accents and neoclassical styling featuring a figural b...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
By Méchineau
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with polychrome painted pine case and embossed brass pendulum. Original seven day Morbier...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
French 19th Century Provincial Horloge Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A carved crest of a basket with flowers crowns this heavily carved oak case clock, c. mid 1800’s. A glazed-panel door just below the crest is flanked by sides with pierced half-moon...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
Morbier Clock
Located in Woodbury, CT
A painted case, enamel dial with brass surround and an elaborately decorated pendulum are the defining characteristics of a Morbier clock. At nearly eigh...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Pine
18th Century Elegant French Louis XIV Hand Carved Tall Case Clock with Rooster
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and completely original, antique oak grandfather or lantern clock, circa 1750.
This very old grandfather clock is one of the tallest w...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Chinese Cloisonne French Style Enamel Mantel Clock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
20th century Chinese Cloisonne French style enamel mantel (fireplace) clock. Item includes cloisonne enamel case, brass frame, battery ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Brass
French Horloge de Parquet or Tall Case Clock
By Avenol Pere
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Horloge de Parquet or tall case clock from Brittany. Elegant solid cherry case in two parts, with book matched panels and a ch...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
Folk Art French Revolution Clock, Early 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French folk-art figural mantel clock in carved wood and composite commemorating a fighting unit “Les Sections du Temple” in the French Revolution. The clock depicts a single figure “sans culots” with a walking stick flanked on one side by a drum and on the other by a black mortar...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Wood
19th C French Tall Case Morbier Clock or Comtoise Signed B. Bignon à la Martigné
Located in Milford, NH
A fine faux bois grain painted pine case comtoise or morbier tall clock of a grand scale with porcelain enameled clock face with Roman numeral dial and calendar, signed by the clockm...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Clocks
Materials
Pine
French Provincial clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique French Provincial clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used French Provincial clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original clocks, popular names associated with this style include A.D. Mougin, Europa Antiques, and John Hall. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $799 and tops out at $12,468 while the average work can sell for $3,900.
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