A Regence style giltwood and polychrome-painted grand piano and duet stool**

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A Fine French giltwood and polychrome-painted grand piano By Dumontier and Pleyel

A Regence style giltwood and polychrome-painted grand piano and duet stool**

THE CASE BY DUMONTIER, THE WORKS BY PLEYEL, PARIS, SERIAL NOS. 35F805 AND 147447, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A Regence style giltwood and polychrome-painted grand piano and duet stool**
The case by Dumontier, the works by Pleyel, Paris, Serial Nos. 35F805 and 147447, Second half 19th Century
The case decorated allover with putti, architecture, mythological figures and singeries against a gold ground, the underside of the hinged top painted with figures in a landscape, the fingerboard inscribed PLEYEL/PARIS, the works cast with PLEYEL & CIE, the works stencilled 35F.805, the case stamped B.C. 35F805, the underside stamped 35F805/DUMONTIER/147447, on baluster supports joined by a scrolling stretcher, together with an associated giltwood piano stool
Closed: 40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) wide; 90 in. (229 cm.) long (2)

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Lot Essay

An accomplished composer, Ignace Pleyel began manufacturing pianos in 1807, pioneering the introduction of the metal frame. Under the direction of his son Camille, the firm went on to win medals at many of the 19th century's International Exhibitions. The successful manufactory eventually supplied pianos to the European royal courts and exported them as far as South America and the Far East. According to Pierce's Piano Atlas, the firm operated under the name of Pleyel, Wolff & Cie. beginning in 1855, becoming Pleyel, Lyon & Cie. in 1887.

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