HARP BY NADERMAN, MAKER FOR QUEEN MARIE-ANTOINETTE, PARIS Thirty-seven string harp. Single movement The gilded wooden stock is richly carved with laurel leaves, acanthus leaves, piastres and pine cones, and rests on a column decorated with laurel leaves. The scroll is adorned with chinoiserie on a black lacquered background. Two trophies representing the Art of Music and Science and a bucolic landscape adorn the soundboard. The decoration is done with Martin varnish. The soundboard has seven cut sides. It stands on a base with seven iron pedals. Signed H. Naderman, Paris. Late 18th - early 19th century. H. 161 cm - W. 54 cm - D. 64 cm Originally from Westphalia, Jean-Henri Naderman settled in Paris in 1762. This harpist, composer, luthier, publisher and music dealer became ordinary luthier to Madame la Dauphine (1773) and luthier to the Queen (ordinary harp maker to the Queen in 1774). When he died in February 1799, his widow Barbe-Rose Courtois (1755-1839) succeeded him as music publisher and dealer, trading under her late husband's name until April 1801, then thereafter under the name "Veuve Naderman". Her sons Jean-François-Joseph (1781-1835) and Henri-Pascal (1783-1841) Naderman took over the manufacture of harps and the trade of factor, also working with their mother in music publishing.