Fabricatore Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1797
name: label: maker
content: Fabricatore, Giovanni Battista
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Giovanni Battista Fabricatore of Naples, Italy in 1797. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce and cedar top, non-original ebonized back and sides, and tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl veneer on neck and back. This guitar bears the printed label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Gio: Battifta Fabricatore<br>Napoli Anno 1797 in<br>S.M. dell' Ajuto. N. 32</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(“97” ishandwritten).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Campania, Naples
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1362
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1362
label: collector/donor number
content: 1-1922-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoiseshell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 10 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 88.9 cm x 27.6225 cm x 7.9375 cm