Lyre Guitar
Object type: Lyre Guitar
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Joseph Pons
Artist bio: French, born 1776
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1805
Medium: Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding
Dimensions: Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm)
Width: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1998
Accession year: 1998