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Violin
Jerome Bonaparte Squier (1838–1912)
1908
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 61 cm, width 20.5 cm (Length 24 in., width 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Lindsey Fund
Accession Number1971.1132
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionTwo-piece back of maple with wide curl descending from the joint. Ribs and neck similar. Two-piece belly of medium grain spruce. Traditional purfling. Tuning pegs (none matched), fingerboard, tailpiece, nut, saddle, and end button of ebony. Orange-red varnish on golden ground. Traditional interior construction.
InscriptionsPrinted label: MADE BY J./ BONAPARTE SQUIER / Established in BOSTON, 1884. / No. [handwritten: 585] A.D. [handwritten: 1908]; stamped in ink on inside of back: PRATT / ABINGTON / [handwritten: 1965]
Provenance1971, accessioned as source unidentified to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 27, 1985)