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Square piano by Pierre Garnier - 1790<br/> &copy; madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier
Square piano by Pierre Garnier - 1790
©madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier
object n°45

Square piano by Pierre Garnier

Gift of the Association des Amis des Musées de Bordeaux, 1996 - Inv 96.2.15

The musical instrument collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design underwent its first restoration campaign in 2014-2015. Pierre Garnier's square piano, dated 1790, has thus been restored to its original splendour and provides a remarkable illustration of the manufacture of pianos in Bordeaux at the end of the 18th century...

Object n°45 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object n°35
Gift of Edouard Evrard de Fayolle, 1911 - Inv 4759 & Inv 4760
object n°34
Gift in memory of Léon Gaspart, 1997 - Inv 97.2.7
object n°33
Bequest from Pierre de Giouetti, 1985 - Inv 85.2.8
object n°32
Deposit of Professor Robert Coustet, 2009 - D 2009.4.26
object n°31
Bequest from Georges Périé, 1945 - Inv 78 23
object n°30
Deposit of Professor Robert Coustet, 2014 - D 2014.1.15
object n°29
Bequest of Pierre-Eymeric de Pelleport-Burète , 1932 - Inv 11271
object n°28
Gift of the Cappellini Company, 2013
object n°27
Bequest from Raymond Jeanvrot, 1966 - Inv 66.1.312
object n°26
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.10640
object n°25
Gift of the Countess of Marcellus, 1955 - Inv 55.4.1 to 55.4.9
object n°24
Purchase by the City of Bordeaux, 1974 - Inv 74.3.3 / Gift of Edouard Bonie, 1894 - Inv 73.1.88 / Purchase by the City of Bordeaux, 1993 - Inv 93.3.4 / Gift of the Association of Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1992 - Inv 92.2.6
object n°23
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.6210
object n°21
Bequest from Daniel Astruc, 1953 - Inv 53.9.14
object n°20
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1963 - Inv 63.8.1 and 63.8.2
object n°19
Old funds of the City of Bordeaux - Inv 75 54
object n°18
Private collection
object n°17
Gift Edition Danese, 1988 - Inv 2013.0.23