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Single-manual Harpsichord
Maker: uncertain (Probably Giovanni Boni)
Wooden case painted in polychrome with flowers, and on the underside en grisaille with a coat-of-arms.
History note: Eleanora Duse, Asolo; by descent to her daughter, Mrs Edward Bullough; offered for sale but not sold, Sotheby's, 12 June 1931, lot 86;
Given by Mrs E. Bullough
Height: 100 cm
Height: 39 ¼ in
Length: 77 in
Width: 196 cm
Width: 31½ in
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Bullough, E., Mrs
17th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1680
Probably made or altered in Florence; formerly attributed to Venice
Belly Rail; Upper
composed of
fir
( or spruce)
Case
composed of
wood
paint
Key Guide Slips
composed of
beech
Naturals
composed of
boxwood
Balance Rail
composed of
chestnut
Key Levers
composed of
chestnut
Sharps
composed of
ebony
Boxslides
composed of
pear
Belly Rail; Lower
composed of
poplar
Keyframe
composed of
poplar
Wrestplank
composed of
walnut
Nameboard
composed of
cypress
Soundboard Moulding
composed of
cypress
Decoration
Accession number: M/F.1-1933
Primary reference Number: 141209
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Single-manual Harpsichord" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/141209 Accessed: 2024-11-02 14:35:19
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