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Accordion

about 1860
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 30.8 cm, width 13.2 cm, depth with bellows compressed 12.2 cm (Length 12 1/8 in., width 5 3/16 in., depth with bellows compressed 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Pearl E. Squires in memory of Esther M. Morcombe
Accession number1975.391
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1912, Esther M. Morcombe neé Newhall, who the instrument was purchased for and used by; by 1975, by descent to her granddaughter, Pearl E. Squires, Melrose, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)
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