Lupot Guitar

Description:

This guitar was made by Francisco Lupot of Orleans, France in 1773. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, veneered burly ash back, and burly ash sides. The neck is not original and was probably added in the early 1800s. This guitar bears the printed label:

Francisco Lupot fecit
In Orleano, anno 1773

(with “73” handwritten)

Date Made: 1773

Maker: Lupot, Francois

Location: Currently not on view (guitar)Currently not on view (bridge pin, ebony; bridge pin, ivory; edging; peg; strings; wooden fragments)Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans

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Credit Line: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MI.60.1365Accession Number: 227687Catalog Number: 60.1365Collector/Donor Number: 1926-12-2

Object Name: guitar

Physical Description: spruce (overall material)ash (overall material)Measurements: guitar: 36 in x 10 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 91.44 cm x 27.305 cm x 9.2075 cmedging tray: 1 3/4 in x 22 in x 15 in; 4.445 cm x 55.88 cm x 38.0746 cm

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Record Id: nmah_605737

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