Viola d’amore
Date1890-1910 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
Description5 melody, 5 sympathetic strings
no rose, flame-shaped soundholes
top: two-piece spruce
back: one-piece birds' eye maple with break
pegbox with winged cherub finial (no blind fold)
ebony fingerboard and pegs
Dimensionslength: 68.5 cm (27”)
back length: 38.5 cm (15 ¼”)
vibrating string length: 33.5 cm (13 ¼”
depth: 6 cm (2 3/8”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01307
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1700-1800 ca.
1700-1800 ca.