#Mandora 1726
Gregori Ferdinand Wenger (German)
[Not on view] Metropolitan Museum of Art - a type of lute that developed in the 18thC in Germany, possibly as a simplified, more accessible version of the very complex lutes of the Baroque era. The body of the mandora is smaller and has fewer courses (usually 6 or 7); this example features 6 courses, 5 of them double and one single course. The body alternates ribs of figured maple and bird's eye maple...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/502848

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