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Object Name |
Piano |
Catalog Number |
F65.30 |
Description |
An early 19th Century New York mahogany, ebonized wood and rosewood line-inlaid table-shaped square piano made by Charles P. Sakmeister, for Bromberg & Co., New York,. It has a cross-banded edge, lift-top, with sheet music support, over 74 ivory and ebony keys, with fret-carved brass sound transoms, applied foliate-pressed brass molding trim, supported on massive ring-turned and leaf-carved, fluted, tapered legs, with ring-turned, tapered castored feet, below, a lyre-shaped pedal support below. Gilt-stenciled label: Made by / Charles P. Sakmeister / for / S. Bromberg & Co. / No. 80 Broadway / New York. The piano was owned by Mrs. Benjamin Townsend Underhill. |
Year Range from |
1828 |
Year Range to |
1840 |
Title |
Square Piano |
Artist |
Charles P. Sakmeister for Bromberg & Co., 80 Broadway, NY |
Material |
Mahogany, Rosewood |
Subjects |
Musical instruments Pianos |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Displayed in: |
Victorian Parlor |