Music stand used by Joseph Fernandez de Coca: Museum Object and Cultural History
Music stand used by Joseph Fernandez de Coca: date made: around 1910s. Object Name: music stand. Physical Description: wood (stand material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Music stand used by Joseph Fernandez de Coca as conductor and leader of bands in vaudeville and other performances around the 1910s-1930s. The stand has a cast-iron base with three legs and a decorative scalloped design, metal shaft with screw to adjust height, and a wood tray with lyre-like decorative elements on bookplate and a folding shelf. Joseph Fernandez de Coca's daughter Imogene Coca kept this stand as a reminder of her father following his death.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: around 1910s
- Object Name: music stand
- Physical Description: wood (stand material)
- Physical Description: metal (pole material)
- Measurements: overall: 54 in x 21 in x 13 in; 137.16 cm x 53.34 cm x 33.02 cm
- Subject: Musicians
- ID Number: 2019.0102.02
- accession number: 2019.0102
- catalog number: 2019.0102.02
- Credit Line: Mark Basile
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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