Object Details
Description
This violin was made by an unknown Scandinavian maker around 1869. There is a handwritten pencil inscription on the back that reads: “Joh. Traxler(t). 1869.” Having never been opened since it was built, this violin provides an opportunity to study one maker’s intentions and techniques. The violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce cut on the quarter, a back of slab maple in one piece with mild, horizontal figure, ribs of similar maple, plain beech wood neck, pegbox and scroll, and a stained pear wood fingerboard.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Jean E. and Michael D. Becker
Date made
1845-1855
1869
ID Number
1989.0654.01
accession number
1989.0654
catalog number
1989.0654.01
Object Name
violin
Measurements
overall: 24 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 20.0025 cm x 8.255 cm
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_606932