Double Music Stand

Furniture

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Wharton Esherick Museum

Image courtesy of Eoin O’Neill and Wharton Esherick Museum Collection

Image courtesy of Eoin O’Neill and Wharton Esherick Museum Collection

Name/Title

Double Music Stand

Made/Created

Artist

Wharton Esherick

Date made

1962

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

37-1/4 in

Width

19-9/16 in

Depth

12-3/16 in

Material

Walnut, Cherry

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

The Double Music Stand, of which Esherick made only three examples, adapts Esherick’s classic design. Intended for two flautists, the stand’s legs are joined by a shelf intended to hold (as Esherick jokingly noted) a “little snifter in case you feel faint during a performance.” In 1958, the Double Music Stand was selected for exhibition at both the Brussels World’s Fair and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Arts and Design) in New York.