Object Details
- Description
- This violin was made in Mirecourt, France around 1880. In his 1880 catalog, J. Howard Foote places this instrument in the category of “Small Size, or Boys’ Violins, French Make, #5992 Three-quarter Size, fine model, inlaid, pearl edges, plain ebony trimmings ...$12.00 each.” The edge work on this violin bears a plain inner purfling with a second outer purfling of alternating pearl trapezoidal lozenges and stained black wooden inlay. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, one-piece back of field maple with irregular figure descending to the left, ribs of similar maple, plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-opaque reddish-purple varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- 1878 - 1882
- ID Number
- MI.055685
- catalog number
- 55685
- accession number
- 11535
- Object Name
- violin
- Physical Description
- ebony (tail piece; finger board; tuning pegs material)
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 in x 6 15/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 55.88 cm x 17.62125 cm x 8.255 cm
- Place Made
- France: Grand Est, Mirecourt
- Related Publication
- Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605527
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-31a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
