Lupot Guitar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Lupot Guitar: date made: 1773. maker: Lupot, Francois. Object Name: guitar.
The object in the museum catalogue
This guitar was made by Francisco Lupot of Orleans, France in 1773. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, veneered burly ash back, and burly ash sides. The neck is not original and was probably added in the early 1800s. This guitar bears the printed label:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1773
- maker: Lupot, Francois
- Object Name: guitar
- Physical Description: spruce (overall material)
- Physical Description: ash (overall material)
- Measurements: guitar: 36 in x 10 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 91.44 cm x 27.305 cm x 9.2075 cm
- Measurements: edging tray: 1 3/4 in x 22 in x 15 in; 4.445 cm x 55.88 cm x 38.0746 cm
- place made: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans
- ID Number: MI.60.1365
- accession number: 227687
- catalog number: 60.1365
- collector/donor number: 1926-12-2
- Credit Line: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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