Lyre Guitar
Joseph Pons
ca. 1805
Medium
Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding
Dimensions
Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm) Width: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1998
Accession Number
1998.121