"Case (Inrō) with Design of Lute and Maple Leaves" 19th century
Dept: Asian Art
Classification: Inrō
Credit: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Medium: Case: powdered gold (maki-e), colored and black lacquer, and gold leaf on lightly grooved wood; Fastener (ojime): glass; Toggle (netsuke): gold and colored lacquer on black lacquer with design of tobacco leaves in mother-of-pearl inlay
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54239

@wyrmisis he's not here, and likely never will be, but my father has been building renaissance era stringed instruments - lutes, theorbos, vihuelas and guitars - since the early 1970s. Richard Fletcher of Roaring Branch, PA. I wish I'd done more to help publicize his work. He's 82. #luthier #rennaissance #lutes #MusicalInstrument

Introducing the #Baroque #Theorbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVabz8LneI4&ab_channel=OrchestraoftheAgeofEnlightenment

#ElizabethKenny #Music #MusicHistory #MusicalHistory #BaroqueMusic #Theorbos #Chittarone #Chittaron #Lute #Lutes #EarlyGuitar #EarlyGuitars