AN 18TH CENTURY SQUARE PIANOFORTE signed Johannes Broadwood Londini fecit 1793, in mahogany inlay with satinwood and kingwood crossbanding and boxwood and ebony stringing in the fashion of Thomas Shereton, on matching table stand with four tapering legs and stretcher shelf, five-octave ivory keyboard FF-f3, English Single Action with hammer-headed brass jackpin operating directly on mahognay shanks and cantilevered brass under-dampers (1783 patent)

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AN 18TH CENTURY SQUARE PIANOFORTE signed Johannes Broadwood Londini fecit 1793, in mahogany inlay with satinwood and kingwood crossbanding and boxwood and ebony stringing in the fashion of Thomas Shereton, on matching table stand with four tapering legs and stretcher shelf, five-octave ivory keyboard FF-f3, English Single Action with hammer-headed brass jackpin operating directly on mahognay shanks and cantilevered brass under-dampers (1783 patent)
84 cm high x 159 cm wide x 54 cm deep (2)

Lot Essay

Thomas Sheraton, who published The Cabinet Maker's and Upholsterer's Drawing Book in 1791 and whose office was close to the Broadwood workshop, is said to have furnished designs for several pieces of Broadwood's showroom furniture and is known to have supplied designs for a Broadwood grand in 1796.

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