What is the Clock Cabinet?
Q: What is the Clock Cabinet?
A: The Clock Cabinet is a room at Versailles which was part of Louis XIV's Art Cabinet. It contains an astronomical clock designed by Claude-Siméon Passemant and made by Louis Dauthiau, with a bronze casing made by Jacques and Philippe II Caffiéri.
Q: What does the astronomical clock show?
A: The astronomical clock shows the time, day of the week, month, year and moon's quarter. In addition, there is a crystal globe at the top which shows planets moving around the sun according to Copernicus' theory.
Q: When was the clock approved?
A: The Academy of Science examined and approved the clock in August 1749.
Q: Who presented it to Louis XV?
A: The Duc de Chaulnes presented it to Louis XV on 7 September 1750.
Q: How did the room get its name?
A: The room got its name because of large astronomical clock dials in the wainscoting that displayed sunrises and moonrises every day.
Q: When was it remodeled into an oval-shaped drawing room?
A: It was remodeled into an oval-shaped drawing room in 1738.
Q: Who made furniture for this room?
A: Furniture for this room was ordered by Louis XV from Slodtz, Foliot, and Roumier.
