Guitar
Maker
Louis Panormo
Date1836
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.3117
SignedLOUIS PANORMO / The only Maker of / Guitars in the Spanish Style / 46. High Street. Bloomsbury / 3117 [handwritten in ink] London 1836 [handwritten in ink]
DescriptionMaterials: rosewood back and sides with delicate purfling along outer edges and straight
down back. Spruce top, varnished
Decoration: Soundhole ringed with purfling in several circles; inlaid with diamond-
shaped mother-of-pearl. Bridge decorated with mother-of-pearl. Three bone buttons on
back and end.
Valves, keys, strings, etc.: Six strings; 18 frets; very ornately decorated mechanical peg
mechanism stamped BAKER. Pegs are elaborately shaped mother-of-pearl. Bone
dowels to which strings are attached in pegbox.
DimensionsLength of back: 44.7 cm
Overall length: ca. 95.5 cm
Width, upper bout: 22.7 cm
Width, center bout: 17.8 cm
Width, lower bout: 28.9 cm
ProvenanceWitten acquired from J. + A. Beare Ltd., 1962.
Credit LineWitten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
Object number03437
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1880-1900 ca.
