Music Stand with the Initials of Marie Antoinette
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Patron
content: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, French, 1755 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Thin sheet of steel, cut out, repousse, engraved. Initials MA (Marie Antoinette) in oval cartouche with wreath frame, surmounted by ribbon bow knot and supported by lyre with open music book. On each side: c-scroll designs, winged putti holding scrolls with names "Lulli" and "Collase," dolphins, urns, musical instruments and festoons of roses. Two small ball feet, two folding supports in back; hinged music holder in front.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-43-58
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: music stand
label: Type
content: music stand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 29 x 46.3 x 2.5 cm (11 7/16 x 18 1/4 x 1 in.)