Box piano
John Broadwood & Sons
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1807
Materials
Mahogany and ivory
Measurements
795 x 1650 x 600 mm
Place of origin
England
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485417
Summary
A Broadwood, 1807 mahogany piano in the form of a side-table.
Provenance
Probably the piano bought by the third Earl of Egremont in 1808 for £78.15s. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
John Broadwood and Son, / Makers to His Majesty and the Princesses. / Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, / London. 1807. (inscribed on front)
Makers and roles
John Broadwood & Sons, manufacturer