Guersan Pardessus
date: label: date made
content: 1762
name: label: maker
content: Guersan, Louis
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This pardessus was made by Louis Guersan in Paris, France, in 1762. It is made of a two-piece spruce top with both a medium and fine grain. The back consists of five pieces. Two are of maple and three are of plumwood. Each of the ribs are of two pieces of maple with a center of similar fruitwood. The head, pegbox and neck are of one piece of maple. The pegbox is ornamented with a carved female head, carved flowers at each peghole and a carved flower with vines on the hack. The instrument has a maker’s and two restorer's labels:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Ludovicus<br>GUERSAN<br>prope<br>Comoediam<br>Gallicam<br>Lutetiae<br>Anno<br>1762</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Peter Tourin<br>Tourin Musica<br>19 Duxbury, Vermont 84<br>Restored</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Donald Warnock<br>Luthier 1984<br>Repairs to surfaces<br> Retouching, Over varnish</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: 1994.0036.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0036.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pardessus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plumwood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 62.23 cm x 19.685 cm x 9.525 cm