Chappuy Quinton
date: label: date made
content: 1770-1780
name: label: maker
content: Chappuy, Nicolas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This Quinton was made by Nicolas Chappuy in Paris, France, around 1770-1780. It is made of a two-piece spruce top of a fine grain, two-piece maple back of a fine figure descending from the center seam, ribs of maple of a plain and a faint figure, and yellow-gold colored varnish. The carved human head, pegbox and neck are of maple and are original to the instrument. This instrument is stamped on the back:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>N. Chappuy</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lex K. Larson in memory of Arthur Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0036.04
label: accession number
content: 1994.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0036.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quinton
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 64.135 cm x 20.955 cm x 8.89 cm