Ovala rummets golvur
Ovala rummets golvur, eller Seymour tall case clock eller Oval Office grandfather clock, är ett 269 centimeter högt golvur i Vita huset i Washington D.C i USA.
Golvuret tillverkades mellan 1795 och 1805 i Boston i Massachusetts av de från England inflyttade möbelsnickarna John Seymour (född 1738)[1] och hans son Thomas (1771–1848).[2] Det har stått i Ovala rummet sedan 1975 under Gerald Fords tid[3] och varit en av få permanenta inredningsdetaljer i detta rum.
Beskrivning
Golvurets fodral är gjort i mahogny. Urverket är tillverkat av den från Skottland inflyttade klockmakaren James Doull (född 1785) i Charlestown i Massachusetts, numera en stadsdel i Boston.[3] Den färgrikt, med landskapsmotiv målade, urtavlan är troligen utförd av bostonkonstnärerna Spencer Nolen och Samuel Curtis, även om den är signerad i skrivstil av James Doull.[4]
Golvuret kom till Vita huset under Richard Nixons presidenttid och ingick i inredning tillskriven Seymours, som Patricia Nixon fått och delvis köpt 1972.[5] Sedan installationen i Ovala rummet har den stått i rummets nordvästra del mellan dörren till sekreterarens kontor och de franska dörrarna till kolonnaden och till Rosenträdgården.
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Lyndon B. Johnson med dottern Lynda Bird Johnson vid det tidigare golvuret, 1967
Gerald Ford med USA:s Sydvietnamambassadör Graham Martin, general Frederick Weyand och utrikesminister Henry Kissinger, 1975
Jimmy Carter och den kinesiske generalsekreteraren för kommunistpartiet Deng Xiaoping, 1979
Ronald Reagan och den ryske dubbelagenten Oleg Gordievsky. Längt till höger nationelle säkerhetsrådgivaren Frank Carlucci. 1987
Bill Clinton, utrikesminister Madeleine Albright, USA:s försvarschef general Hugh Shelton och CIA-chefen George Tenet, 1999
Barack Obama kastar en amerikansk fotboll till Australiens premiärminister Julia Gillard, 2011. Foto: Pete Souza.
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Noter
- ^ Luxury and Innovation. Furniture Masterworks by John and Thomas Seymour på www.luxury.pem.org
- ^ Seymour, Thomas i American National Biography
- ^ [a b] ”Treasures of the White House: Seymour Tall Case Clock”. White House Historical Association. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-seymour-tall-case-clock. Läst 7 juni 2017.
- ^ ”James Doull of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Cabinetmakers John & Thomas Seymour of Boston, Massachusetts – Tall clock på www.delaneyantiqueclocks.com”. Arkiverad från originalet den 21 januari 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121073409/http://delaneyantiqueclocks.com/products/detail/315/James-Doull-of-Charlestown-Massachusetts-Cabinetmakers-John-Thomas-Seymour-of-Boston-Massachusetts-Tall-clock-SOLD. Läst 31 januari 2021.
- ^ Ortiz, Aimee. ”How a grandfather clock from Boston landed in the Oval Office — and Comey's memo – The Boston Globe”. BostonGlobe.com. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/06/08/how-grandfather-clock-from-boston-landed-oval-office-and-comey-memo/2zD9OW4aXZMyyljqsqrq2M/story.html. Läst 9 juni 2017.
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