cgmfindings:A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and marquetry piano By Ignace Pleyel & Cie,
cgmfindings:A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and marquetry piano By Ignace Pleyel & Cie, Paris, No. 20919 Of serpentine outline, inlaid all-over with foliate panels, the hinged top inset with a circular medallion to the interior, engraved in high relief Medaille d'Honneur A. PLEYEL & Cie/Exposition Universelle 1855, the hinged key cover with monogram HBB, inset to the interior with cut brass signature Medailles d'or 1827, 34, 39, 44./Hors Concours 1849/IGNACE PLEYEL & Compie, Paris, above ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, flanked to each side by a three-branch candelabra with a cherub caryatid support, the front soundboard flanked by a winged caryatid to each side, on block feet. -- source link