Object Details
maker
Albert, John
Description
This violin was made by John Albert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. Albert, born in Freiburg, Germany, was a lawyer and an amateur violin maker who immigrated to America in 1848. He settled in Philadelphia and quickly established an excellent reputation as a violin maker. This Albert "Concert Violin" was a prize-winning entry at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. John Albert died in 1887 after a long collaboration with his son, E. J. Albert. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of North American maple cut on the slab with strong, irregular, horizontal figure, ribs of similar North American maple, mildly figured maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-transparent reddish-brown varnish.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Frances F. Wilkins
date made
1876
ID Number
1981.0781.01
accession number
1981.0781
catalog number
1981.0781.01
Object Name
violin
Physical Description
spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements
overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 in x 3 1/2 in; 60.325 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.89 cm
Place Made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_605482