Thompson Violoncello (1/4 size)
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1780
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violoncello was made by Charles and Samuel Thompson in London, about 1780. It is a ¼ size violoncello, made of a table of pine slab cut on the bass side, joined to quarter-cut pine on the treble. The interior has square linings and ribs finished with a toothed plane. The lower bout ribs are joined at the bottom block with notches at the top and bottom of the joint for centering of the model . There is an original printed label inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CHA: & SAM THOMPSON,<br>in St. Paul’s Church Yard<br>L O N D O N</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The brothers Charles and Samuel Thompson were the successors of their father, Robert, who worked in St. Paul’s Church Yard around 1740-1769. The brothers continued the business (ca. 1770-1790), making and selling instruments of commercial quality made from common wood, with painted ink purfling and dark reddish-brown opaque varnish.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Beatrice and Jacques Francais
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0516.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0516
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0516.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cello
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pine (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 14 1/4 in x 40 7/8 in; 17.78 cm x 36.195 cm x 103.8225 cm