Romantic guitar by E. LAURENT made in Mirecourt (France) circa 1830.
Two piece table in spruce edged with ivory stringing.
Table and soundhole edged with ebony and ivory purfling and mother of pearl chevron inlaid in ebony.
Ebony pin-bridge with moustache terminated with mother of pearl dot..
Ebony fingerboard. Twelve metal frets + five on the table.
One piece back in mahogany veneered on spruce edged with ivory stringing.
Ribs in mahogany.
Neck and figure-of eight head veneered of ebony with six reversed ebony pegs.
Branded internally on the back:
E. LAURENT
Total Length: 938 mm.
Scale: 632 mm.
Length of the body : 447 mm
