Lute
Collection
MC
Brief description
Deep oval body in pine, with a carved rose sound-hole, fifteen strings, and a short mahogany neck. Stephen Gottlieb, 1979.
Title
Seven-Course Tenor Lute
Object number (per part)
W.23
Object name (per part)
lute
musical instrument
musical instrument
Production person
Production date
1979
Production place
London
Material
wood
ebony
ebony
Technique
stained
carved
pierced
veneered
carved
pierced
veneered
Physical description
37 ribs of larch with ebony lines, a belly of Swiss pine with pierced and carved rose design. The bridge is made of stained maple, the neck of mahogany veneered with ebony. The pegs are ebony and the pegbox is veneered with ebony.
Dimensions
length: 80cm
width: 33.5cm
height: 22.5cm
width: 33.5cm
height: 22.5cm