Pochette

Unknown

ca. 1815 · Various woods, 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: Shallow body with molded back, inlaid with ivory sides; corner blocks without points; F-holes; fingerboard inlaid with colored woods and ivory; pegbox terminating in a bird's head.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1815

Medium

Various woods, ivory

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889