Shield-shaped guitar (Wappengitarre)
Victorin Drassegg
(Austrian, 1782–1847)
about 1835
Object PlaceBregenz, Austria
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, spruce, ebony, ivory, cow bone, mother-of-pearl, sheep gut, copper
DimensionsLength 97.2 cm, width 31 cm (Length 38 1/4 in., width 12 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Jeffrey and Andrew Remis
Accession number2000.631
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2000, sold by a dealer, Germany, to Tony Bingham, London, England; 2000, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2000)
