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Guitar
- Date:
1840-1849 (made) - Maker:
Altimira - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
Loading... - Place of production:
Barcelona
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:Pine back and sides, veneered with amboyna; engraved and painted ivory plaque on the back; pine soundboard, with mother-of-pearl openwork; painted mother-of-pearl purfling (bordering); ebony-veneered neck
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- Decorative elements:
- Inscriptions:No. 385 Fab'ca de Altimira. Calle Escudellers No. 61. Barcelona. año 184. No. 385 Made by Altimira.Calle Escudellers No 61. Barcelona. in the year 184[?]
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:
- Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
- Measurements:Length: 95 cm total, Length: 45 cm belly, Width: 30.5 cm maximum, Depth: 9.5 cm
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58876