[nopardons]

Forgot to add...the fabric on a piano was called a "piano shawl" and became fashionable in the late teens-early 1920s. My grandmother had two of them, one a white silk, with delicate embroidery sparsely all over it and the second one was a heavier black silk one which was heavily embroidered with a lush, many colored floral design; both of which had long fringe.

Sadly, both of these piano shawls bit the dust/kind of disintegrated in the late '60s, so I only have picture and fond memories of them. OTOH I do have her apartment grand piano ensconced in my living room, as well as her tall, matching music chest.

[seenenuf]

Hey Leni, you great story teller you! Thanks for this latest - and making me recall my Aunt Mary’s black piano shawl - the fringe must have been 10 inches long. My grandparents gave me years of piano lessons, violin and drum and would be sad that I like jazz and opera more than playing the piano.