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Guitar

(American (born in Italy), 1865–1951)
1895–1905
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood, mahogany, spruce, ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, celluloid.
DimensionsOther (body length): 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.)
Other (overall length): 96 cm (37 13/16 in.)
Other (upper bout): 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Other (waist): 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Other (lower bout): 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Other (maximum rib): 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Other (string length): 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Friends of the Collection, Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, and Curator’s Discretionary Fund
Accession number2017.4014
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1989, sold by Paul Murphy to Jim Bollman, Arlington, MA; 2017, sold by Bollman to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)
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