Mandolin
Mandolin
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- Description (Brief)
- This mandolin has an unknown maker, location, and date of manufacture. It is painted black with a gold design on the front. The design features a man playing a mandolin under the moon to a woman on the balcony of a castle. It reads "BREVETTATO" under the image. The instrument has 8 strings with metal mechanical turning pegs that are decorated with what could possibly be ivory. Based on its construction, it appears to be made for commercial trade and was possibly only a decorative instrument.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Mandolin
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- ivory? (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 23 in x 9 in; 4.445 cm x 58.42 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- MI.381916
- accession number
- 160028
- catalog number
- 381916
- Credit Line
- Mary E. Maxwell
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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