Guitar, 1697Jean-Baptiste Voboam (French, 1658–after 1731)ParisWood, tortoiseshell L. 37 3/8 in. (94.9 cm)Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1989 (1989.147) @credits The back, sides, neck, and peghead of this guitar are overlaid with tortoiseshell, ebony, and ivory chevrons with framed scrollwork, lozenges, and geometric banding and edging. The top has a gilded rosette bordered by a band of mother-of-pearl ornaments. Originally strung with five pairs of strings, this instrument was converted in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century to six single courses.

Guitar, 1697
Jean-Baptiste Voboam (French, 1658–after 1731)
Paris
Wood, tortoiseshell

L. 37 3/8 in. (94.9 cm)
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1989 (1989.147)

@credits

The back, sides, neck, and peghead of this guitar are overlaid with tortoiseshell, ebony, and ivory chevrons with framed scrollwork, lozenges, and geometric banding and edging. The top has a gilded rosette bordered by a band of mother-of-pearl ornaments. Originally strung with five pairs of strings, this instrument was converted in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century to six single courses.

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