Baroque Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1740 - 1760
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in Mirecourt, France around 1760. Local maple from the Vosges region used in this violin was a common material for makers in Mirecourt during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Built “in the air” without a form or mold, the ribs (often left unlined) are inlaid into the back which also has an extended platform to accommodate a neck and top block in one piece . In an early repair, the original maple neck and top block piece was probably damaged, and a replacement baroque neck and scroll was fitted to the body and held with two brass nails through a replacement spruce block.
label: Description
content: In the summer of 1934 the violin was opened and extensively repaired by Nicola Reale at the Smithsonian Institution. He secured damage to the table, fitted a new bass bar and replaced missing linings to the ribs. In his notes, no alteration was made to the top block and neck which were considered to be original. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of plain maple in two pieces, ribs of similar maple and inlaid into a channel cut in the back, maple neck, pegbox and scroll, a hard, transparent yellow varnish, and purfling which is represented by two painted ink lines
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Grand Est, Mirecourt
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary W. Carozzi in memory of G. Napoleone Carozzi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.285222
label: catalog number
content: 285222
label: accession number
content: 57562
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 59.055 cm x 18.415 cm x 9.2075 cm