Stretch: America's First Family of Clockmakers

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.

Contents: Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction Chapter 1 - Time and Telling Time in Early Philadelphia Chapter 2 - Peter Stretch and Family Chapter 3 - Stretch Clocks and the Philadelphia Clockmaking Community before 1750 Catalogue: Peter Stretch Clocks, Nos. 1 - 62; Thomas Stretch Clocks, Nos. 63 - 78; William Stretch Clocks, Nos. 79 - 84 Appendix 1 - Peter Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 2 - Thomas Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 3 - Samuel Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 4 - Clock Owners in Philadelphia, 1684 - 1750 Appendix 5 - Stretch Signature Plates: A Comparison Appendix 6 - Stretch Clocks: A Comparison Appendix 7 - Identified Stretch Clocks Appendix 8 - Genealogy Endnotes, Bibliography, Index