Vinaccia Guitar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Vinaccia Guitar: date made: 1821. maker: Vinaccia, Gaetano. Object Name: guitar.
The object in the museum catalogue
This guitar was made by Gaetano Vinaccia in Naples, Italy in 1821. The Vinaccia family made violins and mandolins in Naples from the mid-18th to the late 19th century. Later generations of the family produced mostly mandolins and guitars. This six course (6 x 1) guitar has a maple back and sides, mother-of-pearl and red paste inlay around the edges and soundhole.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1821
- maker: Vinaccia, Gaetano
- Object Name: guitar
- Physical Description: maple (overall material)
- Physical Description: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 35 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 9/16 in; 88.9 cm x 28.575 cm x 9.04875 cm
- place made: Italy: Campania, Naples
- ID Number: 1979.0647.04
- accession number: 1979.0647
- catalog number: 1979.0647.04
- Credit Line: Gift of Laurence C. Witten II
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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