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Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller Model 557 Serviced Meridian Wall Clock
$1,595
£1,210.92
€1,387.67
CA$2,263.89
A$2,469.33
CHF 1,297.20
MX$29,873.87
NOK 16,228.45
SEK 15,322.88
DKK 10,358.03
About the Item
A sculptural marvel from the Meridian line, this Howard Miller Model 557 wall clock was designed by Arthur Umanoff in the 1970s. Its form—coffin-shaped and hand-crafted in warm walnut—evokes the sleek minimalism of Mid-Century Modern design, yet remains deeply tactile. The clock face, rendered in brushed aluminum and accented with black hands and elegant Roman numerals, floats harmoniously above a deep black Masonite back panel. Anchoring the composition is a slender brass pendulum that gently swings within its architectural frame.
Beyond its striking visuals, this clock has been professionally serviced to ensure longevity: its mechanical, eight-day wind-up movement has been cleaned, oiled, and fitted with a new suspension spring. A new winding key accompanies the clock, reaffirming its functional integrity.
Standing 36¼ inches high, 17 inches wide corner-to-corner at the top, and projecting 4 inches from the wall, the clock commands attention while retaining refined presence—ideal for gracing a foyer, study, or gallery wall.
Part of a legacy of modernist innovation, the Clock Company of Zeeland, Michigan produced dozens of modern designs under visionaries like George Nelson and Arthur Umanoff. The Model 557 remains a standout, pairing design innovation with engineering precision.
This is more than timekeeping—it is a statement in form, lineage, and enduring craft.
Rare Meridian pendulum wall clock by Howard Miller. Model 557, designed by Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller, circa 1970s. The walnut chassis contrasts beautifully against the black Masonite backing. The sleek clock face is aluminum with black hands, complimenting the brass pendulum. The 8 day winding clock works and comes with a new winding key. This clock has been professionally serviced in preparation of sale. The works have been cleaned, oiled, and received a new suspensions spring.
36 1/4 Height
9″ Width at bottom
17″ Width corner to corner at top
4″ Depth
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- Creator:Arthur Umanoff (Designer),Howard Miller (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 36.25 in (92.08 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1960
- Condition:Repaired: Clock mechanisms have been professionally serviced. Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. The clock works. Professionally serviced by a clock repairman. The clock has been cleaned, oiled and received and new suspension spring. A new winding key is included. Cosmetically clean vintage condition. Some minor flaws.
- Seller Location:Chattanooga, TN
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2255345612582
Arthur Umanoff
Though much of Arthur Umanoff's furniture is marked by a no-frills simplicity common in American mid-century modern design, his work is anything but one-note. Over the course of a prolific career, Umanoff designed everything from case pieces to candleholders to magazine racks to dining chairs in iron, leather, walnut, wicker and more. With furnishings for a broad range of manufacturers throughout the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and early ’80s, Umanoff continued a thread of sculptural elegance and textural sensitivity through his designs.
After graduating from Pratt Institute in the early 1950s, Umanoff experimented mostly with wood furniture before landing a job at Post Modern Ltd, a New York manufacturer of wrought-iron furniture. There he produced furnishings that married wrought iron with wood and plastic, creating functional pieces free of utilitarian bulkiness.
Umanoff continued his experimentation with mixed materials through a partnership with Shaver Howard, for whom he designed wine racks in combinations of iron, leather and wicker.
When Shaver Howard bought Boyeur Scott, Umanoff conceived several furniture designs for the brand, including the 1964 Granada collection, whose curlicue iron bases, visible through glass tops, stand out as some of his most ornate and decorative work. Indeed, much of Umanoff’s oeuvre is far more simplistic, like iron-and-pine armchairs for The Elton Co. or low-backed, slatted-seat barstools with slender iron legs for Raymor.
Umanoff was fluent, too, in the more sumptuous modernism of the era: In the mid-1960s, he designed the 2405 and 4449 armchairs for Madison Furniture Industries. Popular in offices, the walnut-framed, leather-upholstered seats, which could have been mistaken for the seductive Scandinavian modern seating of the era, were reportedly the jumping-off point for Captain Kirk’s iconic seat on Star Trek.
Even as he is among the mid-century modern designers you may not know, with work across such a range of styles and manufacturers (most no longer in business), Umanoff, who died in 1985, leaves a legacy that is fascinatingly diverse and at times enticingly elusive, making his work intriguing objects for collectors.
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