"What the well-dressed instrument is wearing ... Here's a well-known instrument in modern dress."
—
Instrument Practice, 1951
This "scarf for upright piano" appears in
Arthur's Home Magazine, 1887. It's described as "One of the most unique scarfs for an upright piano I have seen in a long time." We can say without hesitation that it's the
first scarf for an upright piano we've ever seen!