Miniature rosewood musical Piano Nécessaire on ebony legs
test
Miniature rosewood musical Piano Nécessaire on ebony legs
3356
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.