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A FRENCH ROSEWOOD, SIMULATED ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT HARP
Lot 493

A FRENCH ROSEWOOD, SIMULATED ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT HARP

BY ERARD, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Fermé25 October 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A FRENCH ROSEWOOD, SIMULATED ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT HARP
BY ERARD, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The brass plate with engraved inscription 'Erard Factuer de Pianos et Harpes 13, 21 Rue de Mail, Paris', the upright with applied gilt-gesso Gothic decoration
69 in. (175 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

Sebastian Erard was born in 1752 in Strasburg. In 1768 he moved to Paris where he soon became one of the great instrument makers of his time.At the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 he moved Great Marlborough Street, London. In 1810, he patentened the double-action harp with seven pedals, which forms the basis of modern concert harps. Erard & Co. remained active into the 20th Century.