Miniature rosewood musical Piano Nécessaire on ebony legs
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Miniature rosewood musical Piano Nécessaire on ebony legs

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Miniature rosewood musical Piano Nécessaire on ebony legs:
inlaid with ivory ‘piano keys’; opening to inset mirror with lift-out tray lined in dark blue velvet, fitted with sewing tools and a cut glass salts bottle. Working musical movement.
Circa 1840, tools part associated and incomplete.

Height: 5¾" - 14.5cm
Width: 11½" - 29.0cm
Glossary Words

Regency

Named after the Prince Regent, later George IV, circa 1810 to 1830, the term is also used more widely to describe the prevailing English neo-classical style between the 1790s and 1840. In lighting, they used multiple cut-glass prisms to achieve as many reflections as possible such as 'double-stars' and 'icicles'. Two chandelier designs typical of this period are the colza oil dish light and the balloon-shaped chandelier with graduated chains of prisms.

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