Object Details
- Description
This mandolin-like instrument was made by an unknown maker, provenance and date undetermined. This instrument, listed in the accession file as a tamboura, was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892 and it is subject to study.
Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- gourd (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 19 in x 7 1/8 in; 6.35 cm x 48.26 cm x 18.0975 cm
- Object Name
- mandolin
