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Cross-strung harp

about 1900
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, brass
DimensionsHeight: 73 7/16 in. (186.5 cm)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund and Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number2012.1023
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceOctober 24, 2012, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 153, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2012)
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