Vinaccia Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1790
name: label: maker
content: Vinaccia, Antonio
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Antonio Vinaccia of Naples, Italy in 1790. The Vinaccia family were violin and mandolin makers in Naples from the mid-18th century to the late 19th. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top and a fruitwood veneered spruce back and sides. This guitar bears the printed label:<p>
label: Description
content: <p>Antonius Vinaccia Fecit<br>Neapoli Anno 1790</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[with “90” handwritten]</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.60.1364
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: friutwood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 90.17 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.255 cm