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Practice violoncello

(French, born 1853)
about 1923
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, mahogany
DimensionsOverall: 141 cm (55 1/2 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund and Alice M. Bartlett Fund
Accession number2015.115
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsBrevete Adele Clement / J.LAMY / PARIS / 5
ProvenanceJune 2014, sold by Jacob Norden (dealer), Brussels, to Tony Bingham (dealer), London; 2015, sold by Tony Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
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