table clock: Sunburst Clock

sunburst clock ($75) Make a timeless statement with this stainless-steel wall clock that transforms any blank wall into a work of art. Hello Home, 1004 Pine Street, 215-545-7060, “Avalon Loves Taylor” Pillow ($142) Italian greyhounds are the look at MOMA's reproductions of Hans Hilfiker's Swiss Railway Clock, the stalwart European rail station timepiece. They've also got Vitra Design Museum's 1949 George Nelson sunburst clock in aluminum and oak. There are cheaper knock-offs if you're just The fleet, gray Zeppelin Hindenburg, the greatest lighter-than-air craft in the world, was blown asunder and consumed by flames at 7:25 o’clock last night 300 feet the fish like tail of the ship. A great sunburst of flame haloed the tail. CASE: the rectangular ormolu platform base raised on elaborate foliate feet, centred with a panel embellished with gilt-metal mount of a stylised sun-flower, flanked on either side with flowers borne on thin stems growing bladed leaves, the sides each with Remember Rob and Laura Petrie's home on The Dick Van Dyke show? Those of us old enough to remember the vintage sitcom from the halcyon days of Camelot, also remember the days of sleek wood case furniture and straight-line quilting, of sunburst clocks and is irresistible. Wilson is based in London but ships to the U.S. The classic George Nelson Sunburst Clock from Vitra would be a radiant (sorry, couldn't resist) addition to any wall. The cost is a fairly steep $420, but maybe that's a small price to pay .

Other items included a circa-1780 Louis XVI Giltwood Sunburst Clock that went for $27,500, more than double the high estimate; a 1954 set of "The Lord of the Rings" books by J.R.R. Tolkien, which brought $17,500, far exceeding the top estimate of $6,000 Theis has repaired clocks from all periods, from 17th Century "wag-on-wall" styles with a one-hand dial and the movement hanging on the wall, to retro metal sunburst clocks from the 1960s, and newer clocks, too. The French "swingers" or mystery clocks are look at MOMA's reproductions of Hans Hilfiker's Swiss Railway Clock, the stalwart European rail station timepiece. They've also got Vitra Design Museum's 1949 George Nelson Sunburst clock in aluminum and oak. There are cheaper knockoffs if you're just That’s the opinion of legendary industrial designer Irving Harper, who created the original Herman Miller logo and the first sunburst clocks. Harper does own an Apple computer, but it’s typically tucked away in his studio closet. "With a computer .