A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY PIANOFORTE

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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY PIANOFORTE
DUBOIS AND STODART, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830

The rectangular band veneered top with a rectangular hinged front opening to reveal the strings and shaped pierced sound panels centering a gilt decorated panel inscribed DUBOIS & STODART/Manufacturers,/No. 16, Broadway/NEW YORK.over ivory and ebony keys flanked by veneered recessed panels edged in egg-and-dart molding all over an egg-and-dart molded frieze, on four tapering acanthus-carved reeded and ring-turned legs headed by ionic capitals, with socket castors
36in. high, 68¾in. wide, 29½in.deep

Provenance

Charles J. Walker, Hannibal, Missouri, 1942

Exhibited

Saint Louis, Missouri, The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1942-1995

Lot Essay

In 1819, Robert Stodart arrived in New York from England where he came from a family of prominent piano makers. Two years later he joined with William Dubois to create William Dubois and Robert Stodart, Manufacturers. This firm participated in the first Exhibition held in New York in 1830 at Castle Garden.