Object Details
- Description
- This lyre guitar was made by an unknown maker, probably France around 1800-1820. It is a nine course (9x1) guitar with three soundholes and an elaborately carved head. This popular “parlor” instrument was also known in France as "lyre anacréontique" and in England as "Apollo lyre."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
- ID Number
- MI.60.1367
- accession number
- 227687
- catalog number
- 60.1367
- Object Name
- guitar
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 3/4 in x 19 7/8 in x 6 in; 98.425 cm x 50.4825 cm x 15.24 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605739
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2b4c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
