Pochette

Unknown

18th century · wood, ivory · Musical Instruments

Dancing was an expected aristocratic accomplishment. Instruction was given at home by a visiting dance master, who played a small fiddle to provide music for the lessons. The compact, slender shape of these instruments made them easy to transport and gave them the name pochette, which suggests that they were carried in one's coat pocket. Description: A narrow, tapering case, the back formed of five strips of wood. Dark red varnish. Ivory tail-piece. C sound-hole. The peg-box terminating in a grotesque head. Ivory pegs.

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

wood, ivory

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889