Music-Stand
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
American; George W. Hessler. Music-Stand, Patented February 25, 1879. Ebonized (cherry?) wood, gold incising, metal hardware, 41 × 22 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (104.1 × 54.6 × 39.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bertha Fanning Taylor, 44.24.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.24.8_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Culture
Designer
Title
Music-Stand
Date
Patented February 25, 1879
Geography
Place designed: Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium
Ebonized (cherry?) wood, gold incising, metal hardware
Classification
Dimensions
41 × 22 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (104.1 × 54.6 × 39.4 cm)
Markings
On top inside of fall-front door: oval yellow metal tag stamped: "PATENTED/ FEBRUARAY 25/ 1879"
Credit Line
Gift of Bertha Fanning Taylor
Accession Number
44.24.8
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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