Object Details
- Saraillac, Francois
- Description
- This guitar was made by François Sarraillac of Lyon, France in 1652. The guitar was originally a five course (5x2) before being converted to a six course (6x1) guitar. This guitar has a spruce top, rounded yew wood back with ebony spacers, ebony sides, and ebony and ivory veneered neck in a checkerboard pattern. It bears the handwritten label: “a lion [illegible] [/] françois sarraillac [/] 1652.” This guitar is subject to further study.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
- 1652
- ID Number
- MI.60.1370
- accession number
- 227687
- catalog number
- 60.1370
- Object Name
- guitar
- Measurements
- overall: 36 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 92.075 cm x 24.4475 cm x 11.43 cm
- place made
- France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605742
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2b4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
