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Music Box

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Nicole Frères (makers)
Place of origin
Switzerland (made)

Case of rosewood with crossbanding of tulipwood and stringing of boxwood and sycamore. Grand format, playing twelve airs. Seria no. 42074, gamme no. 2384

Object details

Categories
Music
Musical Instruments
Object type
Music box
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Musical Box
  • Key
Materials and techniques
Boxwood
Tulipwood
Sycamore
Brief description
Grand format musical box by Nicole Frères, playing twelve airs, in a rosewood case. Swiss, Geneva, ca. 1870.
Physical description
Case of rosewood with crossbanding of tulipwood and stringing of boxwood and sycamore. Grand format, playing twelve airs. Seria no. 42074, gamme no. 2384
Dimensions
  • Length: 83.4cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
  • Width: 27cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
  • Height: 19.1cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
Gallery label
(pre October 2000)
CYLINDER MUSIC BOX
SWISS (GENEVA); about 1870
Case of rosewood with crossbanding of tulipwood and stringing of boxwood and sycamore.
Grand format, playing twelve airs.

Made by Nicole Frères, Geneva.

The manufacture of high-quality musical boxes by the firm of Nicole Frères in Geneva was rivalled only by the leading makers of Ste. Croix during the mid-19th century.
Credit line
Purchase made possible through the gift of an anonymous benefactor.
Object history
Nicole Frères produced excellent keywind musical boxes during the middle decades of the 19th century, rivalled only by the leading makers in Ste. Croix.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.65:1, 2-1975

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2001
Record URL
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