Virginal
Thomas White (1592/3 - 1676)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1653
Materials
Ebony, Ivory, Metal, Paper, Satinwood, Walnut
Measurements
795 mm (H)1670 mm (Length)230 mm (D)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127816
Summary
Virginal by Thomas White dated 1653. Compass C - c3. Casework of oak and cedar. The interior decorated with embossed gilt paper and the soundboard with pierced wood and leather roses. On the interior of the lid a painting of Orpheus charming the Animals, the soundboard painted with birds and flowers. Raised on four later turned legs.
Marks and inscriptions
Mary Byard (on front central plate) / Thomas White Fecit 1653 (on plectra carrier)
Makers and roles
Thomas White (1592/3 - 1676)
References
Rowell, Christopher, 'Furniture at Hardwick Hall - II', in David Adshead and David Taylor, Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance (2016), 171 - 172, Figure 173