A REGENCY PENWORK AND LACQUERED BRASS MUSIC STAND

A REGENCY PENWORK AND LACQUERED BRASS MUSIC STAND

BY SÈBASTIEN ÉRARD (1752-1831), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the lyre shape rest decorated with bands of beads and harebells and with scrolling leaves, inscribed 'Erard's, 18 Gt. Marlborough Str. London', with a pair of extending candle sconces, on an adjustable arrow shaft and foliate decorated triform base

126.2cm high (un-extended), 84cm wide

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.

Catalogue Note

Sébastien and Pierre Érard traded from Great Marlborough Street from 1792 and later Little Portland Street where they traded as pianoforte and music stand makers. An identical music stand can be seen illustrated on p.69 of Ronald Phillips Ltd. Yearbook for 2000. Also see an identical music stand with penwork decoration and labelled `ERARDS 18 G Marlborough Str. LONDON` in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, `The Pictorial Dictionary of English Furniture, 1770-1840`, London 1996, p.324, pl.324.