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Upright piano, rectangular case, two front paw feet on platform base, cabriole leg with cluster of roses carved in high relief at knee supports. Keyboard area has a pierced wood screen at front of sounding board and is flanked by two-branched gilt metal sconces. Horizontal gilt handles on either side case.
upright pianos
carving (processes)
staining
ebony (color)
piercing
wood (plant material)
floral patterns
rose (genus)
weddings
Instrument, Keyboard
Piano
Piano, Upright
Ebonized
Rose
Pierced
Carved
Wedding
Piano, Upright
Stenciled label inside keyboard cover ""Bluthner;"" stamped brass label inside hinged lid ""L. Bluthner K.S. Hof Fabribant.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Bluthner, L. (Maker)
Leipzig, Germany
56.125 x 57.875 x 27.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.475
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