611 :: Five double course Guitar by Jean Voboam, Paris 1681, the head with shaped outline bearing ten ebony pegs, the face with a central band of ebony and ivory trapezoid segments, the back of the head and neck with alternating ebony and ivory string banding, the eight rib back divided by ebony and ivory stringing, the sides with two parallel stringed inlay, the fine grain spruce top, sound hole and fretboard with alternating ebony and ivory pistagne edges, the fingerboard with ten gut frets and two ebony frets running onto the table, inset with a three tiered architectural rose, the ebony bridge flanked with fretwork moustaches, in a later protective case Inscribed Jean Voboam Paris 1681 on a rectangular ivory plaque to the face of the head Overall length 38.75", 96cm
Five double course Guitar by Jean Voboam, Paris 1681, the head with shaped outline bearing ten ebony pegs, the face with a central band of ebony and ivory trapezoid segments, the back of the head and neck with alternating ebony and ivory string banding, the eight rib back divided by ebony and ivory stringing, the sides with two parallel stringed inlay, the fine grain spruce top, sound hole and fretboard with alternating ebony and ivory pistagne edges, the fingerboard with ten gut frets and two ebony frets running onto the table, inset with a three tiered architectural rose, the ebony bridge flanked with fretwork moustaches, in a later protective case Inscribed Jean Voboam Paris 1681 on a rectangular ivory plaque to the face of the head Overall length 38.75", 96cm; current string length 27 7/8", 70.8cm *This guitar is included in - Florence Getreau 'Recent Research about the Voboam family and Their Guitars' in 'Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society Volume XXXI 2005': J3 in list p.15. **this is one of nine guitars known by Jean Voboam, the only one in private hands, six are in Museums, two are unlocated ***This guitar was purchased from a Mr Thomas E. Greene in 1980
Estimate: £25000-35000
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