Bentside Spinet

Charles Haward

1684 · Wood and various materials · Musical Instruments

Less than a dozen bentside spinets have been identified with this maker. Queen Anne owned one of Haward's virginals and Samuel Pepys noted in his diary that he "did there like of a little espinette". Technical description: Double bentside walnut case, deal spine veneered with walnut; on stand of three turned legs; GG/BB-d3, ebony naturals, fronts of key levers stained black, accidentals of solid ivory, two-rail key frame with overhead dip rail, keys guided by wooden slips in rack; jacks guided by punched leather strips above oversize slots in the soundboard and lower guide, simple parchment rose in soundboard. (Douglas Maple 1983)

Artist

Charles Haward

Date

1684

Medium

Wood and various materials

Culture

British

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889