Cornet Case: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cornet Case: date made: 1880-1895. maker: J. Howard Foote. Object Name: case.
The object in the museum catalogue
This cornet case was made by J. Howard Foote Company in the United States, 1880-1895. It is made of wood, covered with black-stained leather, with metal fittings, and black plush interior. Accessioned with Courtois cornet (1981.0538.01). The interior of the case bears the marks:
J. Howard Foote, musical instrument dealer in New York and Chicago, was the sole Courtois importer in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1880-1895
- maker: J. Howard Foote
- Object Name: case
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: leather (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 11 1/8 in; 14.605 cm x 34.925 cm x 28.2575 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1981.0538.02
- catalog number: 1981.0538.02
- accession number: 1981.0538
- Credit Line: Gift of Frances J. Berggren and Judith K. Miller
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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