"Louis XVI Period Gilded And Carved Wooden Pedal Harp"
Pedal harp in gilded, molded and carved wood, with painted decoration. The fluted column with a leafy garland is topped with a gilded wooden console. Bouquets of flowers and scrolls of oak leaves are carved from the abutment to the base. The harp has seven pedals and thirty-six strings. Its lacquered sound box is made up of four openwork diamonds. There is a painted floral decoration with crowns, bouquets and symbols of music as well as two pastoral scenes on the lower part of the soundboard. Model close to that of Holtzmann or Naderman. We will notice very similar models at the Cité de la musique.Louis XVI period.
Used condition.
H.152 x W.76 cm.
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