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Milanese mandolin

"Body of thirteen ivory ribs with thin ebony stringing between, the lines carrying on up the neck. The lace is of ebony. The belly has a parchment rose surrounded by a ring of mother-of-pearl and ebony chequers which ehco the purfling. The bridge terminates in applied fretted ebony scrolls. The ebony fingerboard has ten silver frets. The pegbox has a finial in the form of a Moor's head, of ebony with an ivory turban. There are eleven pegs, for six courses of strings, the first single, the rest double". (Baines, Anthony. Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Part II: Non-Keyboard Instruments . London, 1998, pp. 38 - 39.)

  • Date:
    1752 (made)
  • Maker:
    Lambert, Jean-Nicolas [Person]
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Paris
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  • Materials:Planed ivory with ebony stringing, planed pine and pireced parchment, carved ebony and ivory finial
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  • Inscriptions:'J.Lambert/ Rue Michel le Comte, Paris/ 1752'
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 56 cm total, Length: 28 cm belly, Width: 17.8 cm, Length: 32.5 cm string length, Length: 14 cm neck