Romantic guitar by PETIT JEAN L'aîné made in Mirecourt (France) circa 1830.
Spruce table and soundhole edged with multiple ebony and ivory purfling. Ebony pin-bridge. Ebony fingerboard. Seventeen metal frets. Ribs and one piece back in bird's eyes maple. Neck and figure-of eight head veneered of ebony with six reversed ebony pegs.
Branded internally on the back:
PETIT JEAN L'AINE
Total Length: 945 mm. Scale: 644 mm. Body length : 448 mm
