Meisel Violin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Meisel Violin: date made: ca 1992. maker: Meisel, Kurt Lothar. Object Name: violin.
The object in the museum catalogue
This violin is made by K. Lothar Meisel in Owatonna, Minnesota in 1992. The violin has a one-piece back made from European mountain maple with an intense curl of medium width slanting downward from left to right. The ribs and scroll are made from similar European maple. The two-piece table is made from quarter-cut spruce with pronounced grain of medium to wide width. The reddish gold-brown varnish is lightly shaded. The violin is missing its bridge and strings.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1992
- maker: Meisel, Kurt Lothar
- Object Name: violin
- Measurements: overall: 25 5/8 in x 8 in x 3 3/4 in; 65.0875 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.525 cm
- Place Made: United States: Minnesota, Owatonna
- ID Number: 1997.0264.01
- accession number: 1997.0264
- catalog number: 1997.0264.01
- Credit Line: Stephen L. Meisel
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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