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Seraphine

(American, mid-19th century)
about 1850
Object PlaceNorth Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 77.6 cm, width 46 cm, case height 17.7 cm, height with legs 76.5 cm (Length 30 9/16 in., width 18 1/8 in., case height 6 15/16 in., height with legs 30 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Lindsey Fund
Accession number68.844
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1939, sold by source unidentified to Mildred Lewis, Belmont, Massachusetts; 1968, sold by Lewis to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1968)
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