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Bow for violin
about 1740
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Length 69.1 cm, weight 54 g (Length 27 3/16 in., weight 0.1 lbs.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1742
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Accessories
DescriptionBeautifully fluted stick of mahogany. The frog and the button of ivory; screw and nut adjustment. Eight semicircular flutes extending the entire length and blending into the head flutes; at the frog end are raised lines (20.5 cm. long) in the hollow of the flutings. The head with a long peak is nicely fluted.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)