ASCHERBURG UPRIGHT PIANO
with panels inlaid in a Neoclassical design with a variety of woods
Restored, 1890, Ascherburg upright piano for sale with a rosewood case and satinwood stringing accents. Piano has turned, faceted legs with satinwood stringing accents. Cabinet features panels inlaid with a Neoclassical design in a variety of woods. The front centre panel features two reclining ladies flanking a central lyre atop an urn surrounded by hibiscus, acanthus, birds, tendrils and torches. One side panel feature inlaid musical instruments and sheet music hanging from a bow. The other an artists palette, brushes and a bust hanging from a bow. The piano fall features an inlaid design of scrolling hibisus, acanthus, scrolls and shells. Piano features ornate candlesticks and handles. The carved pilaster has a corinthian top with acanthus at the base. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard and two pedals.
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Price: POA
Piano Details
- Brand: Ascherburg
- Ref: 2973
- Serial Number: 2745
- Age: 1890
- Wood: Rosewood
- Finish: Polished
- Size [cm]: height: 137 width: 159 depth: 70
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. European Neoclassicism in the visual arts began c. 1760 in opposition to the then-dominant Rococo style. Rococo architecture emphasizes grace, ornamentation and asymmetry; Neoclassical architecture is based on the principles of simplicity and symmetry, which were seen as virtues of the arts of Rome and Ancient Greece, and were more immediately drawn from 16th-century Renaissance Classicism.
Decorative techniques employed in the style included flatter, lighter motifs, sculpted in low frieze-like relief or painted in monotones en camaïeu ("like cameos"), isolated medallions or vases or busts or bucrania or other motifs, suspended on swags of laurel or ribbon, with slender arabesques against backgrounds, perhaps, of "Pompeiian red" or pale tints, or stone colors. Source: Wikipedia
