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Virginal

  • Date:
    1655 (made)
  • Maker:
    Loosemore, John
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Exeter
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  • Materials:Oak case, enclosing virginal of spruce, walnut, boxwood, ebonised oak, gilded paper, iron and mirror glass; decoration painted in gouache
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  • Inscriptions:On front of jack rail inscribed: John Loosemore Fecit 1655
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 173.5 cm, Depth: 52 cm