Book Form Music Folio
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This music folio was made by an unknown maker in the United States, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of brown cloth covered cardboard, stamped and labeled “Music,” in gilt.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This item is described as made of “plain cloth back, imitation Morocco sides, fancy colors” in an 1880s Foote catalog, and sold as a music folios with spring backs (#7269) for $11.70 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055758
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55758
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music folio
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pape (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 12 in x 1 in; 36.83 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm