Object Details
- Gonzales
- Description
This guitar was made by Hijos de González in Madrid, Spain around 1867-1892. This six course guitar (6x1) has a spruce top, Spanish cypress back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, and mahogany neck. There is label inside the instrument:
Premiado por la Sociedad Matritense en 1866.
yen la Exposicion de Zaragoza de 1868.
GUITARRERIA UNIVERSAL.
[medallions and symbols]
HIJOS DE GONZALEZ
PREMIADO.CON LA MEDALLA DE 1st CLASE, EN LA EXPOSICION UNIVERSAL DE PARIS DE 1867
Carretas, 33
MADRID
ANO DE 18- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1867 - 1892
- ID Number
- MI.095565
- accession number
- 26981
- catalog number
- 95565
- Object Name
- guitar
- Physical Description
- spruce (overall material)
- cypress (overall material)
- rosewood (overall material)
- mahogany (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 in x 13 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 35.2425 cm x 8.89 cm
- place made
- Spain: Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605716
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-29a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
