Music stand

Date1760-1780

MediumMahogany

DimensionsOH: 3' 6 3/4"; OW: 1' 7 1/2"; OD: 1' 7 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-518

DescriptionMusic stand - Serpentine top rail, with incised line at outer edges; heart-shape cut-out in center for carrying. Rectangular stiles, similarly incised, enclose framed board hinged at top with brass butt hinges. Board flush when closed; supported at various angles by means of racheted stile and prop-stick in back. Board has lip screwed to front, at base; fitted with brass hooks to secure leaves of book or music sheet. Shelf below, supported by fretted brackets; at right-hand side is rectangular box, open at one end, probably for rolled up sheet music. Stiles tennoned into shoe pieces which end in pad feet. No stretcher.
ProvenanceBought from Burrows Antique Gallery, Antrim, Ireland, who purchased it from J. P. Nicholl, Belfast, Ireland.