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Physical Description:
spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements:
overall: 23 5/8 in x 8 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.0075 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.255 cm
Object Name:
violin
Place Made:
Germany
Date made:
1800-1899
Description:
This composite violin was made in Germany in the 19th century. The unrelated 19th-century German table, with a 20thcentury neck-graft, pegbox and scroll, was added to the back and ribs to create the complete instrument. This violin bears a reproduction Gagliano label and is made of a table of spruce in two pieces, back of maple in two pieces with irregular, mild horizontal figure, ribs of similar maple cut on the slab, grafted maple neck, pegbox and scroll with fine, irregular figure, and a semi-opaque orange-brown varnish.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
ID Number:
MI.66.095
Catalog number:
66.095
Accession number:
182022
See more items in:
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
Music & Musical Instruments
Violins
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-3fff-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_605532