Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this piece to the Regency era.
The detachable reading slip sits in place to hold music sheets. The top will slide horizontally to one side so as to allow more than one musician to read and play at the same time. The metamorphic top with fine reeded edges sits above the original gilt brass collar moulding and a gilt brass pin. The mahogany support is pierced with several holes to allow various heights reaching a maximum height of 102.00 cm. The mahogany and ebony inlaid pedestal is finished to all four sides and conceals the metamorphic column when the music stand is at its lowest point of 75.00 cm. The music table is supported on a characteristic stepped pedestal that is seen mainly on Thomas and William Wilkinson furniture. The concave plinth base is decorated with roundels above ebonised ring turned and tapered toes that terminate on original gilt brass capped castors. N.B. I personally like the ingenuity of the concave base, allowing musical feet to be quite close to the reading table! Condition Excellent Literature The stepped pedestal can be seen in the 'Pictorial Dictionary of MARKED LONDON FURNITURE 1700-1840' published by Furniture History Society/Maney. Page 472, illustration 958.
Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this piece to the Regency era.
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Early 19thc Regency Mahogany Duet Music Stand
