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Harp (after 15th-century German type)
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Height 61.8 cm, width 27.5 cm, depth 9.3 cm (Height 24 5/16 in., width 10 13/16 in., depth 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1784
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionQuadrangular soundbox. Back and sides carved from solid block of maple. Soundboard of maple with two pairs of rosettes of ivory. Curved pillar of maple with U-shaped cross section. Neck of maple. Pillar and neck both decorated with three diamond-shaped inlays of contrasting wood. String pegs of hardwood. Tuning pins of iron. Exact compass unknown (twenty-one strings).
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)