Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Arch-top guitar (Venetian model, style A)

about 1933
Kay Musical Instrument Company (Kay-Kraft Brand)
Overall: 101 x 36.5 x 9.4cm (39 3/4 x 14 3/8 x 3 11/16in.)
Mahogany, spruce, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, plastic, steel, brass, nickel silver, silk

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accession number: 2009.2414

Provenance/Ownership History: By 1990, Society Hill Loan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; July 14, 1990, sold by Society Hill Loan to Michael Wright, Philadelphia; 2009, sold by Wright to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 27, 2009)

William Francis Warden Fund