A REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DOUBLE-ACTION HARP
A REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DOUBLE-ACTION HARP

BY SEBASTIAN ERARD, 1813

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A REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DOUBLE-ACTION HARP
BY SEBASTIAN ERARD, 1813
The body decorated with classical figures, the pillar headed with winged maidens bearing two wreaths marked 'S. Erard Published April 19 1811', the brass-plate to the reverse of the toprail engraved 'Sebastian Erard's Patent Harp N 1513. 18 Great Marlborough Street. London', one foot and panel to base lacking
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) wide
Provenance
Miss. Gower, Newgate Market, London, by whom acquired from Sébastian Erard on 26 September 1813 (Erard records, Royal College of Music, London).
Literature
R. Randal Philips, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire', Country Life, 2 December 1922, p.745, illustrated in the Saloon.
C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p.615, illustrated in The Saloon
'Two RA's at home: Sir Albert Richardson at Ampthill, James Fitton at Dulwich', House and Garden, XIII, 1958, p. 78, illustrated in the drawing-room.

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