3526040 Grand Pianoforte, (marquetry satinwood) c.1840 by French School, (19th century); 95.3 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: This piano, featuring an extraordinary marquetry satinwood case designed by George Henry Blake, is one of the most elaborately decorated instruments of the nineteenth century. It was commissioned from the London branch of the distinguished French firm of ?rard by Thomas Henry Foley, Baron of Kidderminster. The decoration consists of mythological characters, references to the Foley family, and symbols related to music-making and musical instruments. ); French, out of copyright.