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'Back of a single piece of sycamore. Belly of two pieces of spruce, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ebony feather decoration, both as purfling and surrounding soundhole. Spanish bridge for six strings. Plain neck block. Ebony fingerboard with seventeen metal frets and figure-of-eight head with six pegs inserted from the rear.' Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), pp. 60-61.
- Date:
1810-1830 (Made) - Maker:
Morlot, Nicolas - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
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France
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- Materials:Planed and joined sycamore back and sides: planed, joined and inlaid spruce soundboard, purfled (bordered) with inlaid mother-of-pearl and ebony feather pattern; planed ebony fingerboard with metal frets.
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- Inscriptions:A la ville de CremonnE/ NicolaS Morl/Ot At [the sign of] the town of Cremona/ Nicolas Morlot. N.M.
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- Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
- Measurements:Length: 94 cm total length, Length: 45 cm length of belly, Length: 63.5 cm string length, Depth: 7.5 cm, Width: 24 cm width of upper bout, Width: 17 cm with of middle bout, Width: 28.5 cm width of lower bout
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372396