Lupot Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1773
name: label: maker
content: Lupot, Francois
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Francisco Lupot of Orleans, France in 1773. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, veneered burly ash back, and burly ash sides. The neck is not original and was probably added in the early 1800s. This guitar bears the printed label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Francisco Lupot fecit<br>In Orleano, anno 1773</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(with “73” handwritten)</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (guitar)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (bridge pin, ebony; bridge pin, ivory; edging; peg; strings; wooden fragments)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
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.60.1365
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1365
label: collector/donor number
content: 1926-12-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ash (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: guitar: 36 in x 10 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 91.44 cm x 27.305 cm x 9.2075 cm
label: Measurements
content: edging tray: 1 3/4 in x 22 in x 15 in; 4.445 cm x 55.88 cm x 38.0746 cm