German Violin: Museum Object and Cultural History
German Violin: Date made: 1875 - 1899. Object Name: violin. Physical Description: spruce (table material).
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This violin was made in Markneukirchen, Germany around 1875-1899. It is of commercial manufacture and is made of a table of spruce in two pieces, back of maple in one piece with even medium figure, ribs of complementary maple, plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and an opaque reddish-brown varnish
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1875 - 1899
- Object Name: violin
- Physical Description: spruce (table material)
- Physical Description: maple (back material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 1/2 in x 8 in x 2 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 20.32 cm x 6.35 cm
- Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
- ID Number: MI.094873
- catalog number: 94873
- accession number: 22998
- Credit Line: Gift of Reverend F. Gardiner, Jr.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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