Violin (3/4 size)
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in Mirecourt, France around 1880. In his 1880 catalog, J. Howard Foote places this instrument in the category of “Small Size, or Boys’ Violins, French Make, #5992 Three-quarter Size, fine model, inlaid, pearl edges, plain ebony trimmings ...$12.00 each.” The edge work on this violin bears a plain inner purfling with a second outer purfling of alternating pearl trapezoidal lozenges and stained black wooden inlay. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, one-piece back of field maple with irregular figure descending to the left, ribs of similar maple, plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-opaque reddish-purple varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Grand Est, Mirecourt
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055685
label: catalog number
content: 55685
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (tail piece; finger board; tuning pegs material)
label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 6 15/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 55.88 cm x 17.62125 cm x 8.255 cm