Guitar

Guillaume Joseph Lekeu

1770 · Various woods · Musical Instruments

Technical description: Ten-string (five double courses) guitar; pipne soundboard with ebony/ebony and maple squares enclosed with ebony and maple veneer; soundhole diameter of 81.18 mm with matching binding; rectangular tie bridge (not orginal); back features isometric parquetry, mahogany/ebonized hardwood/white fruitwood with ebony binding; ebonized hardwood neck and head; three-piece maple ribs with ebony and maple spacers; ebony fingerboard with matching binding; no frets present; headstock with inlaid V with same decorative motif as binding on soundboard and fingerbaord; rosweood friction tuners with ivory nipples (Daniel Wheeldon 2016).

Artist

Guillaume Joseph Lekeu

Date

1770

Medium

Various woods

Culture

Belgian

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889