BY ERARD, PARIS, SERIAL NUMBER 4443, 1925

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY HARP
BY ERARD, PARIS, SERIAL NUMBER 4443, 1925
The fluted column surmounted by scrolling acanthus above a serpentine base on giltwood scroll feet, the brass-mounted neck engraved 'Erard/ 13 Rue de Mail, PARIS' to one side and 'ERARD/ 4443' with wood carrying case by Blondel et Cie. Paris, bearing various stickers, one sticker marked 'ORCHESTRE DE LA/ SUISSE ROMANDE/ GENÈVE/ FRAGILE'
72 ½ in. (184 cm.) high; 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep, the harp
79 in. (200.7 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. (118 cm.) wide; 21 ¾ in. (55 cm.) deep, the case

Provenance

Madame A. de Sanctis Barriera, Geneva (1926).

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Lot Essay

Listed in Erard's manufacturing records as 'Harpe style Louis XVI. 47 cordes/ en acajou', the present lot was completed 31 December 1925 and quickly sold thereafter to a Madame A. de Sanctis Barriera from Geneva - presumably a relation to a member of the Swiss orchestra whose sticker remains on the original case, as a M. de Sanctis was a recorded cellist in the orchestra at this time.

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