Rack, Music
- Object Name:
- Rack, Music
- Object ID:
- 1928.006.01
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Music Rack. Mahogany wood. A music rack with lyre-shaped ends, above a rectangular case with a full-width drawer. A palmette, with carved outer surface, decorates center of each end lyre. The two lyres are connected by ten cross-pieces, which together form partitions. The two uppermost cross-pieces are turned, with ring, vase and cylindrical elements. The lower bars are square in cross-section. Rectangular slats extend vertically between three pairs of bars. The drawer has two wooden knobs. A wooden caster is attached to an applied block under each corner of case. Case and drawer front veneered; remainder solid mahogany. Knobs attached with hand-made screws. Figure "7" written in pencil on top of bottom board and inside drawer. Handwritten paper label pasted inside drawer bottom: "ANTIQUE MUSIC RACK / OWNED BY LUCILLA PEIRCE KELLEY / 1828 / WHO IS / BURIED AT EAST CONCORD / NEW HAMPSHIRE / DONATED TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BY HER / DAUGHTER, GRACE FLETCHER KELLEY - BOSTON - MASS - 1928".
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-19 W-19.5 D-13.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated by daughter of owner, Lucilla Peirce Kelley (1819-1911) of Frankfurt, ME. Lucilla Peirce was married in 1842 to Webster Kelley (1804-1855) of Salisbury, NH; they lived in Maine and in Boston.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Grace Fletcher Kelley
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