About This Artwork

England
Designed by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, 1865-1945
Case work by John P. White, Pyghtle Works, Bedford (c. 1900-1909)
Piano mechanism by John Broadwood and Sons, London

Manxman Pianoforte, Manufactured 1897

Oak and ebony with marquetry decoration inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl; copper mounts, escutcheons and candlesticks
129.5 x 143.5 cm (51 x 56 1/2 in.); Diameter: 70 cm (27 1/2 in.)
Restricted gifts of Robert Allerton, Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, Sr., Walter S. Brewster, Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne, Richard T. Crane, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka, Henry Manaster, Jack Linsky, Mrs. Margaret Day Blake, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Henry C. Wood, by exchange; Florene May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Fund; European Decorative Arts Purchase Fund, 1985.99