Violin

Charles Emery Farley (1846–1927)

1890

Object PlaceNew Boston, New Hampshire, United States

Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony

DimensionsLength 60.5 cm, width 21 cm (Length 23 13/16 in., width 8 1/4 in.)

Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund

Accession number1987.2

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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Musical Instruments

InscriptionsPrinted label: MADE FOR / H. C. BARNES, Boston, Mass., / BY; printed label: CHAS. E. FARLEY. No. [handwritten: 70] / NEW BOSTON. N. H. / 18 [handwritten: 90]; in ink on underside of belly: Chas. E. Farley / New Boston, N. H. / August 1890; stamped on bridge: AUBERT / A / MIRECOURT

Provenance1987, sold by Harold Priest, Harvard, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)