Richelme Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: maker
content: Richelme, Antoine Marius
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This violin was made by Marius Richelme in Marseilles, France in 1875. The violin is decorated with inscriptions and applied design work. The back of the violin reads “A. Marius Richelme/Fecti 1875,” and there is a crest above a laurel wreath in the center of the violin’s back. On the lower back is a symbol of a merged M and R, below the symbol is “Hoc Opus Meum,” Latin for “This is my work.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseilles
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Norma M. Witt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0300.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0300
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0300.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 22 cm x 63 cm; 4 5/16 in x 8 11/16 in x 24 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/4 in x 8 7/16 in x 4 in; 61.595 cm x 21.43125 cm x 10.16 cm