Square piano
Benjamin Crehore
(American, 1765–1831)
John Ritto Penniman
(American, 1782–1841)
about 1800
Object PlaceMilton, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 152.9 cm, width 56.7 cm, case height 23.7 cm, height with stand 85.4 cm (Length 60 3/16 in., width 22 5/16 in., case height 9 5/16 in., height with stand 33 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Camilla Cunningham Blackman in memory of Lucy Clarendon Crehore
Accession number1992.95
On View
On viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBy the 1940s, probably sold by an antiques dealer, New York, to Ruth P. Cunningham, Worcester, Massachusetts; before 1992, by inheritance to her daughter, Camilla Cunningham Blackman, Groton, Massachusetts; 1992, gift of Blackman to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 25, 1992)
about 1740
