Objekt 5
Guitar
Object description
Cornu (dates unknown)
Paris, beginning 19th c.
Repair Nicolas Eugen Simoutre (1839–1908)
Basel, between 1859 and 1890
CORNU (brand , back Inside, difficult to read);
REPARE PAR SIMOUTRE / LUTHIER A BALE. (brand , back inside)
spruce (table); mahogany (back, ribs);ivory, ebony, mother-of- earl (decoration) flat peg-box in the form of an 8, six pegs inserted in the back
17 frets (brass, fingerboard)
L. 91 cm, 62,5 cm (vibrating strings); H. 8 cm (ribs)
Donation Family Preiswerk-Braun, Basel
Inv. 1903.91.