A Franco-Flemish double-manual harpsichord,
originally a transposing harpsichord made in Antwerp,
c.1620 and
ravalé in Paris in 1750 and then refait by Jacques Barberini, Paris, c.1775
One of the
French roccoco-style lid hooks from the Franco-Flemish harpsichord
This
photographs, greatly enlarged, shows the exquisite casting of the lid hooks on
the bentside of the instrument. The
brass has been chased and fire gilt.
The
lid flap and main lid hinges are of an equal standard of casting and gilding.
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