Music stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Mahogany and brass
Measurements
134.5 x 40.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582966
Summary
A mahogany adjustable and portable tripod music stand by Charles Wheeldon & Sons, English, circa 1890. Stamped WHEELDON'S PATENT.
Full description
Charles Wheeldon & Sons are noted as early as 1883 in Slater's Directory as Bobbin & Skewer Turners at Carrington Road Bobbin Works, Stockport. Their patent Music Stand seems to have been a success and they took it to the Chicago Exhibition of 1893, describing it as a 'Patent adjustable music stand with screwless holder and portable rail arrangement for the use of bands'. They made the stand in a variety of woods with pine, mahogany and beech known to have been used. They also made a double-sided version for two musicians to use.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Central leg block .: WHEELDONS PATENT - Stamped into wood Underside of leg block.: Label stuck onto underside of block has a decorative blue border and number 31 handwritten on.