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This instrument belonged to Jean Gérardy (1877 - 1929), a leading Belgian cellist who toured extensively throughout Europe and America from about 1890 until 1920. Although it has a 1711 Stradivarius label, this instrument was probably made in Venice some time later on in the 18th century.\r\n","physicalDescription":"'Belly of two pieces of pine, back of two pieces of sycamore. Inlaid purfling of two black lines and one light. The body has been altered from its original shape. The later neck shows much use, and the pegholes have twice been plugged and redrilled' - Anthony Baines: <i>Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments</i> (London, 1998), p. 19.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28690"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Sycamore","id":"AAT12357"},{"text":"pine","id":"AAT12620"}],"techniques":[{"text":"sawing","id":"AAT53072"},{"text":"planing","id":"AAT53863"},{"text":"purfling","id":"x37774"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Sawed and planed back of sycamore; planed and purfled (bordered) belly of pine.","categories":[{"text":"Musical instruments","id":"THES48919"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2011EM5981","2011EM5977","2011EM5980","2011EM5982","2018KR9825"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES379864"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Cello","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Venice","id":"x29237"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1700-1800","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1800-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given to the Museum by Mme Amelia Gérardy in memory of her husband Jean Gérardy.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"124.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"total length","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"75","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"length of belly","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"34.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"width of upper bout","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Width of central bout","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"44.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"width of lower bout","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"30.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"143","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"string length","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions taken from Anthony Baines:<i>Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments.</i> (London, 1998), p. 19","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Antonius Stradivarius Cremoneniis [sic] Faciebat Anno 1[7]11","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Antonio Stradivario of Cremona made this in 1711","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"This is printed on a label, which was probably taken from another instrument. 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