Object Description

Maker unknown France, 18th c.Maple (belly); bone-inlay for snare-bridge; ebony and bone marquetry at the rim of the belly; maple and walnut (body)Body shaped like a lute, eleven ribs; peg-box with a rustic woman's headTwo melody·strings, four drone stringsCompass g1-13, 93; thirteen lower keys (ebony), ten upper keys (bone)L. 665 mm, 490 mm (belly), melody strings 340 mm, drone strings 380-370 mmBequest Maurice Bedot-Diodati, Genevalnv. 1927.281.