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Violin
Charles Emery Farley (1846–1927)
1890
Object Place: New Boston, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 60.5 cm, width 21 cm (Length 23 13/16 in., width 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1987.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionTwo-piece back of maple with wide curl descending slightly from the joint. Ribs and neck similar. Two-piece belly of medium-to-wide grain spruce. Traditional purfling. F-hole notches slightly offset. Tuning pegs (later), fingerboard, tailpiece (later), nut, saddle, nut, and end button (later) of ebony. Orange-brown varnish. Traditional interior construction.
InscriptionsPrinted label: MADE FOR / H. C. BARNES, Boston, Mass., / BY; printed label: CHAS. E. FARLEY. No. [handwritten: 70] / NEW BOSTON. N. H. / 18 [handwritten: 90]; in ink on underside of belly: Chas. E. Farley / New Boston, N. H. / August 1890; stamped on bridge: AUBERT / A / MIRECOURT
Provenance1987, sold by Harold Priest, Harvard, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)