Pedal harp
Jean-Henri Naderman
(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
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: 99DProvenance1974, gift of Elliot Gould Fish, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1974)
