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As part of a major new project for the BBC – A History of the World - the BBC asked a history expert from Gloucestershire to help choose ten items to represent the county. Andrew Fox, who’s in charge of Gloucester City Council’s two Museums – the City Museum and Art Gallery and the Folk Museum – helped BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s managing editor Mark Hurrell to select the objects. According to Andrew there was much debate and friendly argument.
Piano designed by CR Ashbee and made by John Broadwood & Sons in 1900.
This piano designed by Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) in 1898-9 and made by John Broadwood & Sons in 1900. The Guild he had founded soon established an international reputation for design and workmanship. In 1902, believing that ‘the proper place for the Arts and Crafts is in the country’ Ashbee and the Guild moved to Chipping Campden.
