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Double case for violin and viola d’amore
Date: 1700-1800 ca.
Place Made:Italy, Europe
DescriptionMaterial: cowhide-covered wood
oval, domed lid with single brass handle; interior fitted for the two instruments in green felt with orange-red ribbon decoration in a lattice pattern; small drawer at bottom; covers studded with brass escutcheon nails to a floral design and with initials DM
oval, domed lid with single brass handle; interior fitted for the two instruments in green felt with orange-red ribbon decoration in a lattice pattern; small drawer at bottom; covers studded with brass escutcheon nails to a floral design and with initials DM
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: 03481