Portuguese Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1890-1900
name: label: Associated Name
content: Correa, Francisco Gabriel
label: maker
content: da Silva, Matheus Januário
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Matheus Januário da Silva in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal around 1890-1900. It is a six course (6x2) pear-shaped guitar with walnut back and sides and a very distinctive tuning mechanism. The guitar bears the printed label: “LOJA DE INSTRUMENTOS DE CORDA [/] E SEUS ACCESSORIOS, QUINQUILHERIAS, ETC. [/] DE [/] FARNCISCO GABRIEL CORREA [/] 43 – RUA DON TANUERIROS – 45 [/] [ ] officona onde fabricam toda a qua- [/] lidade de instrumentos de corde, garan- [/] findo a sua perfeicao e solidez, a cargo [/] do artista MATTHEUS J. DA SILVA, ex-offi [/] cial da 1a fabrica de LISBOA [/] Recebe quaesquer encommendas ou [/] concertos por precos convencianados. [/] FUNCHAL.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Portugal: Madeira, Funchal
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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: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1375
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1375
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/2 in x 11 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 29.5275 cm x 8.89 cm