Price

£350000.00

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King Edward VII, 1899, Exhibition Bluthner grand piano.

Make:     Bluthner
Serial Number:     53338
Age:     1899
Wood:     Rosewood 

Unique, 1899 Bluthner grand piano with a rosewood case. Cabinet decorated with Art Nouveau inlay and Empire style gilt mounts. Piano bought by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Coronation year of 1902 to be situated in the ballroom of Malborough House. Piano was showcased at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.

The piano cheek is inlaid with an Art Nouveau design featuring a stylised female head surrounded by whiplash lines, musical instruments and stylised foliage. Female heads with flowing tresses and floral headbands in gilt mounts sit atop each piano cheek. The three piano legs are a four-sided baluster shape, carved with sunflowers and foliage. The piano lid is attached with two large ornate, brass hinges in a flowing intertwined design with symmetrical foliar motifs. The piano fall is inlaid with a symmetrical Art Nouveau design of stylised foliage and whiplash lines in coloured woods. The piano lid is inlaid with an Art Nouveau style border in a stylised rinceau of interlocking foliage. On the cabinet side panel, Empire style gilt mounts flank each side of the inlay. Motifs include Napoleonic emblems of stars, palmettes and foliage. The two-pedal lyre has three central spindles accented with gilt acanthus and palms at either end. Two gilt lions feet frame the cabriole lyre. The front panel features gilt, Empire mount motifs. Bees fly around flowers, between two winged lions. Scrolling whiplash lines lead to and outcrop of poppies, foliage and bees. The butterfly shaped, music desk is made from bevelled glass and an intricate metal filigree design. A central circular tree of life is surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath. Whiplash lines and stylised foliage and flowers complete the design.

The piano has a specially cast, ornate, burnished gilt frame.

This object incorporates old ivory and has been registered with Defra

Dimensions

length: 214 width: 157

Price

£350000.00



Condition report

Piano in full playable condition. No restorations or modifications have been made.

Stock number

2869
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