A FINE GILTWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN GRAND PIANO

Lot 232
08.10.2020 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 275 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 411072
Lot 232 | A FINE GILTWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN GRAND PIANO
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 100 000
The hinged serpentine top painted with a scene of Venus at Vulcan's Forge after a version by François Boucher, the sides painted with muses emblematic of Arts and Music, the underside of the top painted with an idyllic landscape with a castle and flower bearing Bacchante, on five profusely-carved cabriole legs, with pierced musicstand and lyre-form pedal, the right side of case signed 'G. BRUNNINGHAUSEN. ScuLpr DÉCTEUR' and 'LUCIEN SIMONNET', with 'Steinway & Sons / Patent Grand / New York & Hamburg' above the keyboard, the movement with Steinway patents
401/2 in. (103 cm.) high, 71 in. (180.5 cm.) wide, 95 in. (241.5 cm.) deep, closed
85 in. (216 cm.) high, open
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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