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Bentside spinet
Bentside spinet, with a range of 61 notes, GG-g3. The pine case is veneered with burr walnut panels, crossbanded with unfigured walnut, and decorated with ebony and boxwood stringing. The nameboard is decorated with a trophy of musical instruments in marquetry. The spruce soundboard is surrounded by gilt mouldings and painted arabesques. The sharps are ebony and the naturals are ivory-covered, with arcading at the front.
- Date:
1758 (made) - Maker:
Crang, John - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
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London
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:Burr walnut- and unfigured walnut-veneered pine case, planed spruce soundboard with gilt mouldings and painted arabesques along the edges, and carved beech bridge
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- Inscriptions:Musica Laborum Dulve Levamen Music is the sweet relief to labours. 1758 Mrs Weston desires [Mr] / Crang will call to [morrow] / by Eleven o clock [without] fail / the Spinet [is] / so bad she cant [play] / upon it / Tuesd [ay] CRang Londini fecit Crang made this in London
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- Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
- Measurements:Length: 183 cm, Height: 20.5 cm, Weight: 35 kg
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58909