Vinaccia Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1821
name: label: maker
content: Vinaccia, Gaetano
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Gaetano Vinaccia in Naples, Italy in 1821. The Vinaccia family made violins and mandolins in Naples from the mid-18th to the late 19th century. Later generations of the family produced mostly mandolins and guitars. This six course (6 x 1) guitar has a maple back and sides, mother-of-pearl and red paste inlay around the edges and soundhole.
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: Gift of Laurence C. Witten II
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0647.04
label: accession number
content: 1979.0647
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0647.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 9/16 in; 88.9 cm x 28.575 cm x 9.04875 cm