Lovering Ricketts
Pianoforte
1820-1830
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, maple veneers, stained poplar, white pine, yellow pine, gilt brass molding and roundels, brass feet and casters, ivory, ebony keys, 35 5/8 x 67 7/8 x 32 in. (90.5 x 172.4 x 81.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mrs. Henry V. Ward
Object Number
1973.31
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1973
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.179-180, ill. 139.
Inscribed: Inset panel above the keyboard, in gold on red leather, "L. RICKETTS/BALTIMORE" On back of panel above keyboard, 'Henry Hull[...]n No 1 March the 1[0] 183[4]' On right corner of sounding board, in gold letters, 'L. Ricketts.' Above his name, stenciled, 'Bernard Hanson and Custom Rebuilt.'
