A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum
held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are
commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall. The case often features
elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood, or bonnet, which surrounds
and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670.
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