A fine Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, mahogany and marquetry grand-piano The movement by Erard, serial number 80560, the mounts designed by Léon Messagé, the case by Zwiener Jansen Succeseur, Paris, Circa 1900 The shaped case applied to the sides with scrolling foliate trellis mounts and water-cascading shells, the bombé shaped cartouches inlaid with ribbon-tied floral bouquets, centred to the top by a mask and flanked to the bottom by dolphins amongst foliage, the hinged lid with stepped rim applied with delicate scrolling frames and foliate mounts, opening to reveal a satinwood-veneered interior inscribed Par Brevet d'Invention Seb. & Pre Erard 13 & 21 rue du Mail Paris , the movement numbered 80560, the keyboard lid inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral bouquet, the underside signed Erard/Paris , on six cabriole legs each mounted with a scrolling foliate clasp, one inscribed to the reverse ZJ , terminating in lion's-paw feet, with a lyre-shaped pedal support, stamped to the underside FM , the carcass and pedal support also numbered 80560 40¼ in. (102 cm.) high, closed; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 104 in. (264 cm.) long
A fine Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, mahogany and marquetry grand-piano The movement by Erard, serial number 80560, the mounts designed by Léon Messagé, the case by Zwiener Jansen Succeseur, Paris, Circa 1900 The shaped case applied to the sides with scrolling foliate trellis mounts and water-cascading shells, the bombé shaped cartouches inlaid with ribbon-tied floral bouquets, centred to the top by a mask and flanked to the bottom by dolphins amongst foliage, the hinged lid with stepped rim applied with delicate scrolling frames and foliate mounts, opening to reveal a satinwood-veneered interior inscribed Par Brevet d'Invention Seb. & Pre Erard 13 & 21 rue du Mail Paris , the movement numbered 80560, the keyboard lid inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral bouquet, the underside signed Erard/Paris , on six cabriole legs each mounted with a scrolling foliate clasp, one inscribed to the reverse ZJ , terminating in lion's-paw feet, with a lyre-shaped pedal support, stamped to the underside FM , the carcass and pedal support also numbered 80560 40¼ in. (102 cm.) high, closed; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 104 in. (264 cm.) long
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