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Violin

(American, 1792–1872)
1846
Object PlaceAshburnham, MA, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsOverall: 59.7 x 21 x 3.8 cm (23 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeanne A. G. Demers
Accession number2014.805
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsManuscript label: Samuel Brooks, Ashburnham, No. 5, May 9, 1846 / Repaired by E E Powers, 1909, Somerville, USA
Provenance2007, purchased at Tarisio Auction House, New York, by Jeanne A.G. Demers, Campton, NH; 2014, donated by Demers to the MFA . (Accession Date: May 28, 2014)
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