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Harpsichord

Double-manual harpsichord, black naturals, ivory sharps, soundboard painted with flowers. Case painted to imitate Chinese lacquer.

  • Date:
    1700
  • Maker:
    Joseph Tisseran
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
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  • Place of production:
    UK, England, London
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  • Materials:Wood;Plant;Ivory;Tooth;Animal
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  • Inscriptions:Josephus Tisseran Faciebat Londini; [below keyboards 1700 has been erased and replaced with 1710]; Josephus Tissern [sic] Londini [front face of wrestplank]
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 2265 mm Max W = 852 mm Max Depth = 262 mm