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Donald L. Fennimore, Curator Emeritus, served as metalwork specialist at Winterthur Museum, Delaware, for 34 years. The list of his numerous publications includes Metalwork in Early America (Winterthur, 1996); Iron at Winterthur (Winterthur, 2004); and Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner (ACC, 2007).Frank L. Hohmann III, a retired Wall Street executive, is a collector of 18th-century furniture, with a concentration on brass dial clocks. He co-authored and published the volume Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (2009). He is a Trustee of Winterthur Museum, Delaware and a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

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Hardcover: 376 pages

Publisher: Winterthur Museum (October 16, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0912724706

ISBN-13: 978-0912724706

Product Dimensions:

9.9 x 1.5 x 12.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.8 out of 5 stars

8 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#1,384,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This book assembles and presents in large format and brilliant color a considerable number of clocks, artistic and technical masterworks, made by Peter Stretch and his sons, Philadelphia's premiere clockmakers prior to 1750. Extensively researched and lucidly written, it underscores the importance of clocks to early Philadelphians as objects of beauty and status as well as mechanical instruments that facilitated negotiating the many complex and interwoven aspects of urban life. As such, this book not only opens an interesting window to America's historical past, but also, by extension, enlightens readers on the importance of measuring time in present-day urban life.

This beautiful book should be the standard for all future fine art authors. Everything about it is top-notch: the writing, the photography, the research, the organization, the selection of clocks, etc. I gave this book as a gift to a relative who owns an actual Stretch clock and she was beyond (and still is) ecstatic about the book. If you have an interest in American 18th century decorative arts or American-made clocks, you owe it to yourself to see this book.

This is a great volume. Well researched and beautifully executed. One of the nicest special interest Horological books out there.

Well researched and presented. Outstanding photos. Good historical data. A good presentation on a narrow topic.Not a must for every horological library but certainly educational and worthwhile for serious people.

Beautifully done.

This book is well written and researched. It has been published in full-color and weighs over 5 lbs.. If you have an interest in American clockmaking before 1750 or in Stretch clocks, you will enjoy reading this book.

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Peter Stretch and Clock Making in Colonial PhiladelphiaStretch - America's First Family of Clockmakers, by Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, with a foreword by Wendy Cooper. Published in 2013, by Winterthur Museum, Wilmington DE. ISBN 978-0-912724-70-6. Hardcover (burgundy cloth, dust jacket), 343 pages, 32 x 25 cm, 490 color illustrations. 8 Appendices, Bibliography (5 pages) and Index (7 pages). Available at Stretch Americas First Family Clockmakers for ca US$53.When most American clock collectors think of "early American made" clocks they immediately think of Simon Willard and his contemporaries in the first decades of American independence, i.e. the last quarter of the 18th century, and the remarkable New England wooden works tall case clocks of the same era. They completely forget that already during colonial times clocks were produced in North America. The volume admittedly was small, but the years 1700 to 1750 are also part of our horological heritage. This lack of awareness may be partly caused by the lack of books about colonial horology. I can think of only one other major book that has been published on that subject [ That book, not coincidently, is also by one of the authors of the book under review: Hohmann: Timeless - Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (New York: 2009, ISBN 978-0-9789689-1-5). It documents 96 high quality tall case clocks from 1720 to 1785 produced throughout the colonies, and provides a broader context for the book under review ], and certainly the book under review is the first and only book that describes the life, the oeuvre and the socio-economic environment of a colonial era American clockmaker in depth and in detail.The protagonist is Peter Stretch (1670-1746) a Quaker clockmaker from Leek (Staffordshire, UK) who immigrated to Philadelphia with his young family in 1703, only 20 years after the settlement was founded. With 4000 people it was the third largest settlement of North America (New York had 5000 and Boston about 6000). His timing was good; during his lifetime, Philadelphia became the largest and wealthiest settlement of the continent.The book is the result of a close cooperation between two experts of the subject: Donald Fennimore is a historian and the retired Curator of Metal Objects of the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, and Frank Hohmann is a collector and expert on colonial era, brass dial American clocks. Together, they have created a book that will be equally cherished by horologists, by antiques collectors, and by Philadelphia local history buffs.The book was triggered by the October 4, 2004 sale of a clock by Peter Stretch at Sotheby's in New York. At 2:08 p.m. that Thursday afternoon a "Queen Anne Carved and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock, Peter Stretch, Philadelphia, Circa 1740" set a world record (still unbroken) for an American made clock when it sold for $ 1'688'000. The Winterthur Museum was the winning bidder. The clock has since been gently restored, and is worth a detour - if not a trip - if you find yourself in the mid-atlantic states.To fully understand and appreciate that `record breaking clock' it is necessary to not only study the object, but to examine the context of its creation, i.e. the whole oeuvre of Peter Stretch, his whole biography, and the whole sociological, economic and historic environment of Quaker dominated Philadelphia in the first half of the 18th century. The first two chapters of the book (57 pages) describe the early history of Philadelphia, the roots of the Stretch family as Quakers in England prior to Peter's 1703 emigration to America, and his life as an engaged and prominent member of the religious, civic and business community of rapidly growing Philadelphia from 1703 to 1746. The third chapter (45 pages) is a narrative of the technical and stylistic evolution of Stretch made clocks during the first half of the 18th century. It also discusses tools, equipment and shop practices, as well as the general development of horological trade in the city during those years. To an amazing extent the story is told by quoting numerous original contemporary sources such as newspapers, advertisements, letters, inventories, wills, minutes of Quaker assemblies, etc. (there are 244 footnotes in the first three chapters, most of them referring the reader to the original source documents).To create the book the authors launched a major effort to identify as many surviving clocks as possible made by Peter Stretch (and his three clock-making sons, who all made their early clocks in their father's shop). Eventually, their database grew to 133 Stretch clocks (most of them tall case clocks), and for 84 of them (including 62 signed by Peter Stretch) the owners, both major museums and institutions, as well as individuals, agreed to have their pieces photographed, described in detail, and published in the book.The descriptions of these 84 clocks make up the 180 page `Catalog section', which is the core of the book. For 79 of these clocks the catalog entry is a standardized double page spread including four high resolution color photographs [ a- enlarged dial view, b- ¾ left view of the full clock in its case, c- ¾ proper left back view of movement with dial attached, d- ¾ proper right front view of movement with dial removed ]. For each clock, there is a short narrative on case and movement, plus a comment section (often including provenance). Dimensions are provided. For each of five particularly elaborate or important clocks an additional two pages of text and photos have been added.The last section of the book is made up of seven appendices: 1. Peter Stretch Will and Inventory; 2. Thomas Stretch Will and Inventory; 3. Samuel Stretch Will and Inventory; 4. Clock Owners in Philadelphia 1682-1750 [a search of 2 572 known wills identified 251 that included timekeeping devices, 206 clock owners and 77 watch owners]; 5. Stretch Signature Plates Comparison; 6. Stretch Clocks: A Comparison; 7. Identified Stretch Clocks; 8. Stretch Family Genealogy.This book is a remarkable achievement of horological scholarship. It is incredible how much information can be uncovered on a seemingly obscure, small corner of horological history when a huge amount of intellectual (and also financial) resources are devoted to a subject, and it is most gratifying that there are people who are willing to spend their time and their money to make it happen.At an on-line price of 53 Dollars this book is a real bargain for anybody who has an interest in early American tall case clocks. The illustrations are superb. As it deals in-depth with the socio-economic environment faced by Peter Stretch it should also be of interest to those who care about Pennsylvania clocks or fine furniture, as well as to all with a fascination with the early history of Philadelphia - even non-horologists.Book review by Fortunat F. Mueller-MaerkiOctober 12, 2013

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