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AR 2001 Layout_Final - Royal Ontario Museum

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. . . the finest example of English<br />

marquetry in Canada.<br />

Photograph courtesy of Chrisite’s Fine Art Auctioneers.<br />

Piano—George III (2002.23.1)—Acquired through the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable<br />

Trust and with a grant approved by the Minister of Canadian Heritage under the terms of<br />

the Cultural Property Export and Import Act in February 2002. This piano, dated 1777, is the<br />

finest example of English marquetry (wood veneer) in Canada. The Louise Hawley Stone<br />

Charitable Trust was established in 1998 to support acquisitions and publications related<br />

to the ROM’s exhibitions and collections.

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