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Square piano
Benjamin Crehore (American, 1765–1831)
Probably painted by: John Ritto Penniman (American, 1782–1841)
Probably painted by: John Ritto Penniman (American, 1782–1841)
about 1800
Object Place: Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Length 152.9 cm, width 56.7 cm, case height 23.7 cm, height with stand 85.4 cm (Length 60 3/16 in., width 22 5/16 in., case height 9 5/16 in., height with stand 33 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Cunningham Blackman in memory of Lucy Clarendon Crehore
Accession Number1992.95
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceBy the 1940s, probably sold by an antiques dealer, New York, to Ruth P. Cunningham, Worcester, Massachusetts; before 1992, by inheritance to her daughter, Camilla Cunningham Blackman, Groton, Massachusetts; 1992, gift of Blackman to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 25, 1992)