Viola d'Amore pochette

Unknown

18th century · Wood, ebony, ivory · Musical Instruments

Description: Shallow case with flat back. Reddish-Brown varnish. The blocks without sharp angles, the sound-board edged with ebony and ivory inlay. Flaming sound-holes. The tail-piece with sloping top; peg-box with twelve ivory pegs, terminating in a carved female head. Six melody strings and six sympathetic strings, passing under the keyboard, are fastened to ivory pins at the bottom of the instrument. To the instrument is attached a miniature bow

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Wood, ebony, ivory

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889