Objekt 1
Chitarra battente
Object description
Giorgio Sellas (born 1574 or 1596 in Fussen, Venice 1624–1648)
Venice, dated 1641
GIORGIO SE / LLASALLA/ STELLAINVEN/ ETIA 1641
(Carved, mother-of-pearl plates, peg-box)
Conifer (belly); yew(?), ivory veins (rounded back); mother-of-pearl, ebony, ivory (decoration); metal (strings); belly with a fine multi-layered rose
Peg-box; ten pegs inserted in the back
Nine frets (fingerboard); five double courses
L. 89 cm, 46 cm (belly), 58 cm (vibrating strings)
lnv. 1927.271.