A Hapsburg-Imperial ebonised salon Grand piano, the case…
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A Hapsburg-Imperial ebonised salon Grand piano, the case ornately decorated with incised gilt foliate panels, having 50 ivory keys and 35 ebony keys, raised faceted legs with brass caps and castors. Length 250 cm
incised. A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
ebony. Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
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