The Piano: The Pianofortes of Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
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A mahogany and mahogany veneered, eglomised glass, patinated and gilt-bronze piano-forte, Empire, circa 1805, signed 'Erard Frères', numbered 6353 | Piano-forte en acajou, placage d'acajou, verre églomisé, bronze patiné et doré d'époque
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