Object Details
- Vinaccia, Gaetano
- Description
- This guitar was made by Gaetano Vinaccia of Naples, Italy in 1779. The Vinaccia family were violin and mandolin makers in Naples from the mid-18th century to the late 19th. Later generations, including Gaetano Vinaccia, made mostly mandolins and guitars. This is a six course (6x1) pear-shaped guitar with a cypress back and sides. The label inside the guitar reads: “Gajetanus Vinaccia [/] Fecit Neapoli Strada Rua Catalana [/] Num. 85 Anno 1779.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1779
- ID Number
- MI.095263
- accession number
- 26256
- catalog number
- 95263
- Object Name
- guitar
- Physical Description
- wood (body material)
- mother of pearl (inlay material)
- shell, tortoise (finger board material)
- gut (strings material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in x 4 in; 92.075 cm x 32.0675 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- Italy: Campania, Naples
- Related Publication
- Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605711
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-29a4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
