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Mandolin case
Date: 1700-1800 ca.
Place Made:Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
DescriptionFitted case, studded red leather; top opens ¾, brass clips
Decoration: star design on belly; green painted designs on ribbed back
Decoration: star design on belly; green painted designs on ribbed back
ProvenanceLaurence Witten acquired from the Bisiach Collection, Venegono Superiore, Italy, 1968.
Purchased by the National Music Museum from Laurence Witten family, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Purchased by the National Music Museum from Laurence Witten family, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Credit Line: Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. inside front cover.
Object number: 03486