Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This music folio was made by an unknown maker in the United States, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of brown cloth covered cardboard, stamped and labeled “Music,” in gilt.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This item is described as made of “plain cloth back, imitation Morocco sides, fancy colors” in an 1880s Foote catalog, and sold as a music folios with spring backs (#7269) for $11.70 per dozen.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1878 - 1882
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- Physical Description
- pape (overall material)
- cloth (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 12 in x 1 in; 36.83 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm
- Object Name
- music folio
