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Arts and Crafts, Bechstein model 9 Upright Piano in Oak by Walter Cave

$15,842.37
£11,650
€13,590.06
CA$22,115.84
A$23,954.11
CHF 12,687.16
MX$289,808.90
NOK 159,497.23
SEK 148,685.32
DKK 101,496.80

About the Item

Arts and Crafts, 1905, Bechstein model 9 upright piano with a polished, oak case. Cabinet features statement, iron hinges on the fall and top lid with trefoil embellishments. Part of the cabinet design, the architectural candlesticks sit atop the square piano legs. The openwork music desk is in a vertical slatted design. This pattern is repeated in the openwork panel on the front of the cabinet, backed with black fabric. The iron key escutcheon is in a clover leaf design. Bechstein manufacturers logo inscribed on a plaque on fall. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard and two pedals. Designed by Walter Cave. Walter Frederick Cave Walter Frederick Cave (1863 - 1939) was an English architect, active in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who worked firstly in the Arts and Crafts style, and latterly in the Classical Revival. In addition to architecture, Cave worked as a landscape gardener, interior designer, furniture maker and cricketer
  • Creator:
    Walter Cave (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 48.43 in (123 cm)Width: 60.63 in (154 cm)Depth: 25.99 in (66 cm)
  • Style:
    Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1905
  • Condition:
    Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Leeds, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Ref 30951stDibs: LU6879247246662

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