Stradivarius Violoncello: "The Marylebon"
date: label: Date made
content: 1688
name: label: maker
content: Stradivari, Antonio
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violoncello was made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, in 1688. It is the <i>Marylebon</i> violoncello made of a two-piece spruce top with a grain widening toward the edges, back of two-piece plain maple, sides and scroll of similar plain maple, and orange-brown varnish on a golden background. This instrument has been judiciously reduced in size, from the larger pattern of the maker's work of that period. With 20th century applied decoration imitating Stradivarius ornamentation.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>There is a compilation of measurements of the <i>Marylebon</i> violoncello by Christer A. Berglund available from the collections files.
label: Description
content: <p>The <i>Marylebon</i> violoncello is part of The Herbert R. Axelrod Quartet of Decorated Instruments by Antonio Stradivari, consisting of the <i>Ole Bull</i> violin,1687; the <i>Greffuhle</i> violin, c.1700; the <i>Axelrod</i> viola, 1695; and the <i>Marylebone</i> violoncello, 1688.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Cremona
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Evelyn and Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0013.04
label: accession number
content: 2000.0013
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0013.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall -excludes tailpin: 48 in x 17 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 121.92 cm x 43.4975 cm x 24.765 cm