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Flute
Marked by: Chevalier
about 1700
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, brass
Dimensions
Length 69.4 cm (27 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1846
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of boxwood in three parts: head (with long cap), body, and foot. Ferrules of ivory. One trapezoidal key (Young type H) of brass (d-sharp1), mounted on ring with spring attached to wood.
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: CHEVALIER / [dolphin]; stamped at bottom of headjoint and top of bodyjoint: [6-petal flower]
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Prelude in D Minor from L'Art de Préluder, 1719
Composed by Jacques Hottetere
Performed by Peter Bloom