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From: Philip and Ann Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed: 1990), 19
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Music stand

Object number

RIF1045

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 54 1/8 in. (137.478 cm)

Date

1770–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Marks

None

Inscriptions

None

Provenance

Charles Woolsey Lyon, New York; sold to Dr. C. Ray Franklin, New York, before 1954. Sotheby's, New York, October 24–25, 1986, lot 244; sold to Ann Holzer (1917–1999) and Philip Holzer (1919–2011), Great Neck, New York

Associated names

Dr. C. Ray Franklin
Charles Woolsey Lyon
Sotheby's
Ann Holzer
Philip Holzer

Bibliography

Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 18–19, no. 7, fig. 7.1.
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 79, no. 51, ill.
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "The Newport Exhibition," Antiques 64, no. 1 (July 1953): 40, fig. 6.
Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Chinese Export Porcelain, sale cat. (October 24–25, 1986), lot 244, ill.