Lyre Guitar, ca. 1805, Paris, France, French, Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding, Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm

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Lyre Guitar, ca. 1805, Paris, France, French, Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding, Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Possibly Joseph Pons (French, born 1776) (probably a son of César Pons), This form of the guitar was created about 1785. The columnar arms supporting the yoke are veneered in mahogany. The guitar has six single courses of strings. A printed label inside the instrument reads: “Pons / fils / luthier, / Rue du Grand Hurleur / No

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