Double bass

about 1870

Object PlaceProbably France

Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, walnut

DimensionsLength 180.5 cm, width 65.4 cm (Length 71 1/16 in., width 25 3/4 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1732a

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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Musical Instruments

ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)