Provenance: Arbejdernes Landsbank (a Danish bank). Made by and for artistic cabinetmaker Thomas Georg Madsen. After his death in 1933 the clock was sold on his estate auction where Karl Kiefer, founder of Arbejdernes Landsbank, bought it. The clock was inherited by his daughters, Erna Christensen & Edith Kiefer upon his death in 1946. They sold the clock to Arbejdernes Landsbank in 1985.

Literature: Finn Morbech: “Jens Olsen: Med hænder som en smed og hoved som en lærd”, 1991, ill. p. 191.

The Art Deco style is characterized by among other things an eclectic inspiration and choice of materials from exotic cultures. This trait can be seen most clearly in the “pure” French Art Deco, where the style first emerged. Pure Art Deco style is only found in very limited supply in Denmark, and the “Pyramid Clock” is a rare example of the very purest form of Art Deco style with its extremely high quality and luxurious conception in combination with the exotic, Egyptian ornamentation.