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TWO LOUIS XVI HARPS
Late 18th Century
Each of typical shape, the black and gilt-japanned harp decorated overall with Chinoiserie scenes with Chinamen, landscapes and pagodas, the toprail carved with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, with seven pedals, numbered 'P.P.R/600' and with paper label 'R. Castello di Racconigi/No 00600/1933', losses to the gilding, the soundboard redecorated, lacking strings, - 63¼ in. (161 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep; the parcel-gilt fruitwood harp with seven pedals, the soundboard decorated with musical trophees, lacking strings, refreshments to decoration - 63¾ in. (162 cm.) high; 14.5 in. (37 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (82 cm.) deep (2)
Late 18th Century
Each of typical shape, the black and gilt-japanned harp decorated overall with Chinoiserie scenes with Chinamen, landscapes and pagodas, the toprail carved with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, with seven pedals, numbered 'P.P.R/600' and with paper label 'R. Castello di Racconigi/No 00600/1933', losses to the gilding, the soundboard redecorated, lacking strings, - 63¼ in. (161 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep; the parcel-gilt fruitwood harp with seven pedals, the soundboard decorated with musical trophees, lacking strings, refreshments to decoration - 63¾ in. (162 cm.) high; 14.5 in. (37 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (82 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Prince Umberto of Piedmont (later King Umberto II) circa 1930, by whom given in the 1940's to Olga, Marquise de Cadaval.
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.
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