Lyre Guitar

Joseph-Louis Germain

ca. 1840 · Wood, mother-of-pearl, gut, metal wound on silk · Musical Instruments

Essentially a lyre-guitar with abbreviated arms, this variant was fitted with a flat base so that it could stand as a table ornament. The back and sides are of figured mahogany; the top is of spruce. Six single courses of strings.

Artist

Joseph-Louis Germain

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Wood, mother-of-pearl, gut, metal wound on silk

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889