Walking-stick flute
Ludwig Embach & Co.
(Netherlandish, about 1810–1844)
about 1840
Object PlaceAmsterdam, The Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, brass
DimensionsLength 92.2 cm (36 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Gertrude T. Taft by exchange and William Lindsey Fund, by exchange
Accession number1994.4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceNovember 22, 1989, likely sold by Sotheby's London, lot 75. By 1994, Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York; 1994, sold by Wurlitzer-Bruck to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 1994)
about 1800
