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Archcittern
Bass theorbic cittern or archcittern. The sycamore body is of a distinctive, asymmetrical shape with the shoulder on the bass side extended almost to the level of the nut. The ribs slope outwards from the flat back. The belly is of pine, with a circular soundhole, in which is set a parchment rose. The table features multiple purfling around the edge of the soundhole. Eleven strings arranged into five double courses and one single are attached to the main pegbox. Five bourdons are attached to a theorbo-style upper pegbox. Stamped under the rose: B Renault a Paris. Maker's label: RENAULT & Cie… rue de Braque au coin de la rue Ste Avoye à Paris 17…. Branded: S.B. RENAULT/A PARIS.
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circa 1780 - Maker:
Renault, Sébastien B. [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.322-5 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by the bare fingers
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- Materials:pine, metal thread, ivory, sycamore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322-5 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 1140 x 345 x 160 mm