Title: Arch Cittern
Object type: Arch Cittern
Date: 1782
Culture: French
Artist:  Jean Francois Tiphanon 
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Wood, ivory
Dimensions: Total L.: 99.6 cm (39 in.); Maximum body W.: 32.2 cm (12-3/4 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit line: Gift of Helen C. Lanier, 1982
Geography:     France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY