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Trapezoidal-shaped violin
1825–50
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 59.7 cm, width 22.2 cm (Length 23 1/2 in., width 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge
Accession Number1981.765
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceBefore 1981, purchased at a Hi-Fi Shop on the Champs Elysées, Paris, by Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981), New York; 1981, by inheritance to her husband, Joseph R. Coolidge (1916-1999), New York; 1981, gift of Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1981)
Swiss Air in C, with 2 Variations, about 1840–60
Variations composed by Jean-Louis Tulou
Performed by Brian Clague