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Upright Piano by Bord, A

Maker:

Bord, A

Year:

1858-1859

Museum:

Rijksmuseum

Date Range

1850-1900

Current Location: 

[object Object]

Material:

Oak, Pine, Cloth, Glass

Painter:

Cuypers and Stolzenberg

Type:

Upright Piano

Pierre Cuypers, the Rijksmuseum architect, designed these pieces of furniture as engagement and wedding presents for his second wife. The images on the piano case  are from the Annunciation and scenes from the life of St Cecilia, patron saint of music

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0 Public Domain), via Rijksstudio / Rijksmuseum Collection.

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