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Pedal harp

Pedal harp

(French, died in 1799)
1788
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsHeight 160.7 cm, width 81 cm, depth 38.4 cm (Height 63 1/4 in., width 31 7/8 in., depth 15 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Eli Gould Fish, in honor of his daughter Maude Isabelle McKee Fish
Accession number1974.57
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label on inside of action cover: JH. NADERMAN / Mtre. Luthier Facteur de Harpe ordinaire du / Service de la Reine. Rue / d'Argenteüil Butte / St. Roch. a Paris ce 17 [handwritten: 1788]; stamped twice on neck: NADERMAN / A PARIS; in ink on inside of action cover and pedalbox and stamped on bottom of soundbox: 61; in pencil on inside of action cover and stamped on bottom of soundbox: 83; stamped on trapwork: 99D
Provenance1974, gift of Elliot Gould Fish, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1974)