Music stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Walnut, gilt, cast iron, steel
Measurements
120.5 x 46 cm
Place of origin
Britain
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318211
Summary
A cast-iron and walnut stand, possibly a music stand, British, circa 1890, the gilt-steel pole supporting a circular walnut tier with raised rim, the adjustable pole with reeded base joining a cast-iron quadripartite base with gilt highlighted foliate details, the four legs terminating in paw feet, the stand should probably have an adjustable attachment to the top section of the pole which would support sheet music.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.