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Mandolino
late 19th century
Probably by: Leopoldo Franciolini, Italian, 1844–1920
Florence, Italy
Length 58 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 8.5 cm (Length 22 13/16 in., width 6 7/8 in., depth 3 3/8 in.)
Maple, spruce, ivory
Inscriptions: Manuscript label (very faint): Fait par ... / [f?]an (?)ani à Liège, l'an 1771Classification: Musical instrumentsObject is currently not on viewBack comprised of fifteen ribs of maple with capping strip. Two-piece belly of irregular-grain softwood with separate carved rose of wood in quatrefoil pattern with eight-petal flower at center. Neck and pegbox of ebonized wood, terminating in square finial decorated with bone set in black mastic. Tuning pegs of ebonized wood. Fingerboard of walnut with binding of bone; six tied-on frets of gut and one fret of wood. Nut of ivory. Bridge of ebonized beech with cap of ivory. Twelve strings in six pairs. Reddish-brown varnish on back. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917
Accession number: 17.1762Provenance/Ownership History: Ex. coll. Francis W. GalpinThis object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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