by mreichstadt | Aug 17, 2023 | Cordes-en
HAWAIIAN GUITAR French making, around 1950. High quality anonymous work. The spruce top opens onto an oval mouth, in the style of the “jazz” models of the time. The back has a “sun” marquetry in wavy maple. The inside of the body is varnished....
by mreichstadt | Aug 17, 2023 | Cordes-en
GUITAR – LYRE Parisian work in the style of MARESCHAL. (1765-18..) Rosewood back and sides. Spruce top open by three half-moon sound holes and decorated with floral motifs in rosewood. Both ends of the lyre are surmounted by bronze eagle heads and are connected to the...
by mreichstadt | Aug 17, 2023 | Cordes-en
GUITAR LUTH Jacques-Pierre MICHELOT, PARIS, XVIIIème siècle. Marque au fer “MICHELOT” au bas de la table. Fond “en bateau”, composé de onze côtes d’érable. Table en épicéa ouverte sur une large rosace entourée d’une marqueterie de...
by mreichstadt | Aug 17, 2023 | Cordes-en
LUTE by Bartoloméo EBERSPACHER in FLORENCE, 17th century Originally from Germany and probably from the region of Füssen, where a “numerus closus” framed the installation of musical instrument makers, B. Eberspacher emigrated to Italy like many of his...
by mreichstadt | Aug 17, 2023 | Cordes-en
HARP-LUTH by Angelo Benedetto VENTURA à LONDRE (1781-1856) Signature along the fingerboard: “Angelo Venturas Imperial Harp Lute / N°36 Queen Street Brianstone Square” Typical of the Anglo-Saxon aesthetic of the time, animated friezes and floral motifs...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
MANDOLIN ITALY, XVII-XVIII century. Handwritten label on the bottom: “Francesco Pavolini ripari il coperchio… [illegible]… anno 1767”. The body is made up of nine snakewood ribs edged with ivory fillets continuing the back of the handle. The...
