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Guitar
early 19th century
Object Place: Possibly Spain
Medium/Technique
Rosewood, spruce
Dimensions
Length 94.2 cm, width 27.8 cm (Length 37 1/16 in., width 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1754
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionOne-piece back and ribs of rosewood. Belly of medium-grain spruce with multi-line binding of wood. Soundhole encircled with five-line binding of wood and inlaid squares of pearl and ebony. Neck and headstock of cedar (?). Tuning pegs of ebony with buttons of pearl. Fingerboard of rosewood with seventeen frets of nickel silver. Nut and bridge pins of ebony. Bridge of mahogany (?). Internal construction: Four lateral braces on back and four on belly (one above soundhole and two lowest angled).
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)