Designed by Cédrc Ragot, Laurent Vermeglio and Joe Odukoya for Innermost, the Mantel Dome is a modern take on the old-fashioned carriage clock...

It may look like a cheeky nod to kitsch from another century, but the folks at Innermost have a more earnest explanation: "The design highlights that time is precious and fragile and should be glorified by placing it under a glass dome," they say.

For more from Innermost, go here.

- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from Paris. She can be reached at kristin @ apartmenttherapy . com