French Violoncello
date: label: Date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violoncello was made by an unknown maker in Mirecourt, France, around 1875-1899. It is made of a two-piece table of spruce, two-piece back of maple with irregular, fine horizontal figure, ribs of plain maple; neck, pegbox and scroll of plain maple, stained reddish-brown varnish.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This is a typical unsigned Mirecourt commercial instrument bearing two scribed lines in representation of purfling on table and back.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cellos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.216502
label: catalog number
content: 216502
label: accession number
content: 39609
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 17 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 127 cm x 44.45 cm x 21.59 cm