Naderman - Lot 241

Lot n° 241
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Naderman - Lot 241
Naderman 43-STRING PEDAL HARP IN MOULDED AND CARVED WOOD The capital decorated with roses, acanthus, lyres and women's masks surmounts a fluted column resting on a base with four leonine feet decorated with palmettes and griffins. The console and the body are decorated with inlaid tinted fillets. Stencilled mark under the base "Naderman N°504". 1st half of the XIXth century 170,5 x 78 cm As is Jean-Henri Naderman (1734-1799) was a harpist, instrument maker and composer. He settled in Paris in 1762. In the service of Queen Marie-Antoinette, he made and perfected the Queen's harps when she arrived in France. He opened a music shop on rue d'Argenteuil in 1773, then in 1796 took over the business of the publisher Charles-Georges Boyer on rue de la Loi under the sign "À clef d'or". His wife, Barbe-Rose Courtois (1755-1839), succeeded him at his death, entrusting his sons François-Joseph (1781-1835) and Henri (1783-1841), harpists and professors at the Paris Conservatory of Music, with the manufacture of instruments.
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