Octave Spinet on stand
This is a portable keyboard instrument, widely used in
private homes in Italy throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries to accompany singing.
The case and stand of the instrument are coloured in dark blue
with floral arabesques. The front lid bearing a coat of arms. The
inner lid painted with panel showing putti and a figure in
classical armour. The reverse has a poetical inscription in
Italian.
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Accession number :
RI_DC_0000338
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Council
