Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Music stool
about 1810
Made by Sebastian Erard
Height x width: 20 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (51.4 x 49.5 cm)
Wood
Classification: Furniture
Culture: English
Accession number: 2010.1043
Provenance/Ownership History: Gerald Wellesley (b. 1885 - d. 1972), 7th Duke of Wellington; by descent within the family; sold by the descendants of Wellesley to H. Blairman and Sons, London. About 2002, acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2010)
Gift of Horace Wood Brock