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Spinet

about 1730–50
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueWalnut
DimensionsLength 110.9 cm, width 55.1 cm, case height 13.5 cm (Length 43 11/16 in., width 21 11/16 in., case height 5 5/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1793
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical 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)
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