Violin

Lorenzo Carcassi

1752 · Spruce, maple, ebony · Musical Instruments

This violin bears a label of Lorenzo Carcassi of Borgo from 1752, although this certainly incorrect. The instrument may be eighteenth century from either France or Holland. Description: medium grain spruce top, two-piece quarter sawn maple back, with a medium curl descending from the center seam. Red-brown varnish. Neck grafted at the base of the pegbox. Beech and ebony purfling. Short, rounded F-holes, arching high and full from the edges. Label and interior coated in reddish stain. Ebony taipliece and rosewood button and pegs, with gold inlay.

Artist

Lorenzo Carcassi

Date

1752

Medium

Spruce, maple, ebony

Culture

Italian, Florentine

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Evelyn Stark, 1978