Lyre Guitar
Object type: Lyre Guitar
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Gennaro Fabricatore
Artist bio: Italian, Naples ca. 1750–1832 Naples
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian (Naples)
Date: 1807
Medium: Spruce, maple, ebony
Dimensions: Total length  80.7 cm., Max width  37.4 cm., Depth at tail  9.4 cm., Vibrating length  63.5 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Naples   Italy  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889