A Regency mahogany duet music standby Erard
Lot 631W
A Regency mahogany duet music stand
by Erard
Sold for £1,920 (US$ 2,494) inc. premium

Lot Details
A Regency mahogany duet music standby Erard
A Regency mahogany duet music stand
by Erard
The hinged trellis sheet music rests, with two brass extending candle sconces on a fluted column and hinged outsplayed legs on brass cappings and ball feet, with a brass label 'ERARD'S/LONDON' to the top, stamped 'I45' to under one of the hinged legs, 119cm wide, 35cm deep, 53cm high (46.5in wide, 13.5in deep, 20.5in high).

Footnotes

  • Pierre Erard traded from Great Marlborough Street in 1826-27 and later Little Portland Street between from 1837 where he traded as a pianoforte and music stand maker.

    An identical music stand in satinbirch is illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of English Furniture, 1770-1840, London 1996, p.195, pl.326. A penwork music stand by Erard was sold Bonhams, London, Fine English Furniture and Works of Art, 18 November 2009, lot 129 which related to a music stand inscribed 'ERARDS, 18 G Marlborough Str. LONDON, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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