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Guitar

1770
Not on view
Technical description: Ten-string (five double courses) guitar; pipne soundboard with ebony/ebony and maple squares enclosed with ebony and maple veneer; soundhole diameter of 81.18 mm with matching binding; rectangular tie bridge (not orginal); back features isometric parquetry, mahogany/ebonized hardwood/white fruitwood with ebony binding; ebonized hardwood neck and head; three-piece maple ribs with ebony and maple spacers; ebony fingerboard with matching binding; no frets present; headstock with inlaid V with same decorative motif as binding on soundboard and fingerbaord; rosweood friction tuners with ivory nipples (Daniel Wheeldon 2016).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Guitar
  • Maker: Guillaume Joseph Lekeu (Belgian, Namur active late 18th century)
  • Date: 1770
  • Geography: Belgium
  • Culture: Belgian
  • Medium: Various woods
  • Dimensions: Total length: 908 mm
  • Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.2.168
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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