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Shield-shaped guitar (Wappengitarre)
Probably by: Victorin Drassegg (Austrian, 1782–1847)
about 1835
Object Place: Bregenz, Austria
Medium/Technique
Walnut, spruce, ebony, ivory, cow bone, mother-of-pearl, sheep gut, copper
Dimensions
Length 97.2 cm, width 31 cm (Length 38 1/4 in., width 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeffrey and Andrew Remis
Accession Number2000.631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionBack, ribs, and belly of burled walnut veneer over substrate of softwood. Semicircular cutouts encircling soundhole. Neck and pegbox of walnut; neck angle adjustable with watch-key screw at heel. Tuning pegs of ebony with buttons of ivory. Fingerboard of ebony with eighteen frets of ivory. Nut, end button, and decorative domes on headstock of bone. Bridge and bridge pins of ebony. Internal construction: Four lateral braces on back and four on belly (one above soundhole).
InscriptionsPrinted label fragment: Laute …
ProvenanceBy 2000, sold by a dealer, Germany, to Tony Bingham, London, England; 2000, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2000)