Title: Arch Cittern
Object type: Arch Cittern
Date: late 18th century
Culture: French
Medium: wood and various materials
Dimensions: Overall: W. 33 x D. 10.5 x L. 116cm (13 x 4 1/8 x 45 11/16in.)
Detail: Total L. 116 cm.; Fingerboard length: 32.6 cm; Fingerboard width - top/bottom: 5.7/7cm;  Body L. 42 cm; Body width - back/table: 30.3/33 cm; Body depth - neck/foot: 6.2/10.5 cm; vibrating L. of strings - upper peg box/lower peg box: 86.8/49.5 cm; Diam. of soundhole: 7.7 cm; Bridge H. 2 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Paris?   France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY