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

Production person

Production date

1979

Production place

London

Material

wood
ebony

Technique

stained
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