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Music Stand

£2,800.00

A rare and unusual mahogany Music Stand circa 1790

Description

A late and unusual George III mahogany four tier music stand with a ratchet adjustable slope over a drawer and three shelves supported on elegant turned uprights on turned tapered legs raised on brass castors.

  • Height: 48ins (122cm)
  • Width: 17ins (44cm)
  • Depth: 17ins (44cm)

Attributed to Gillow of Lancaster and London

Provenance:  The Hon. Theodosia Spring-Rice, cousin of Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, a British Diplomat who is best known as the writer of ‘ I Vow to Thee, my Country’ hymn created in 1921