Viola D'Amore
date: label: date made
content: 1705
name: label: maker
content: Aman, Georg
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This viola d’amoe Viola d'amore was made by Georg Aman in Augsburg, Germany, 1705. It is made of a high-built two-piece table of spruce; two-piece back of bird’s-eye maple separated with an inlaid stained (black) wooden strip; ribs of similar maple; grafted maple neck terminated in a pearwood pegbox with provision for seven bowed and seven sympathetic strings and a blindfolded cherub’s head; semi-opaque reddish-orange varnish. This instrument has an original printed label:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Georg Aman<br>Lauten=und Geigen=Macher<br>in Augfpurg 1705</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Born in Bavaria in 1671, Aman worked in Augsburg and died around 1734. His instruments are usually rather highly built and are often seen with pearwood necks. This d’amore with a blindfolded cupid figure is typical of his work. Note also the original ornamental rosette inlayed into the table beneath the fingerboard.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095324
label: accession number
content: 26484
label: catalog number
content: 95324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viola d'amore
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 in; 81.915 cm x 23.8125 cm x 15.24 cm