AR 2001 Layout_Final - Royal Ontario Museum
AR 2001 Layout_Final - Royal Ontario Museum
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.