LONGMAN AND BRODERIP; AN 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD FRAMED SQUARE PIANO ON TAPERING SQUARE SUPPORTS

Being sold with Ivory Declaration reference JX9YL7V7 

Provenance:

Marina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at the World’s End, in 1982. Her main specialities were paintings and drawing related to the performing arts. Her first coup was to exhibit Edward Burra’s designs for ballet, an area of his work that had never been the subject of a Gallery show. Another breakthrough was a series of shows of designs by John Marfarlane early in his career before he became one of the leading international designers for opera and ballet.  Other important exhibitions featured Bakst, Barbier, Beaton, Benois, Berard, Berman, Cocteau, Edward Gordon Craig, Erte, Gontcharova, Leslie Hurry, Laura Knight, Larianov, John Minton,Tanya Moisewitch and Picasso.

The Gallery’s customers, including actors, directors, curators and archivists from Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, Harvard Theatre Museum, the University of Texas and major private collectors in UK and USA.

The Marina Henderson Gallery soon developed into a social club where customers became friends and friends customers. Sadly it closed with the expiry of the lease in 2001. Marina continued to deal privately from home for the next 12 years. 

Condition report: 

Late 18th Century. 

General inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age to the case. 

Many strings are loose - possibly missing - see additional image. Requires complete restoration to work.