Double case for violin and viola d’amore
Date1700-1800 ca.
Place MadeItaly, Europe
DescriptionMaterial: cowhide-covered woodoval, 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.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. inside front cover.
Credit LineWitten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
Object number03481
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1680-1730 ca.
1700-1800 ca.
1700-1800 ca.
1625-1675 ca.