Lute
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
exotic and ivory
Measurements
320 mm (Width); 1070 mm (Length)
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Fenton House, London
NT 1448933
Summary
Lute, no label. The body of exotic wood inlaid with an ivory panel beneath the bridge, another above the rose, the carved rose surrounded by a border of diamond shaped mother-of-pearl panels. The wide neck inlaid with an ivory neo-classical panel with scroll-work and dolphins, in the middle of which a boy plays on a lute. 18th century.
Provenance
Acquired after destruction of Old Devonshire House in 1941.