‘Testa di Moro’ Viola d’amore

 

Flamed maple back & ribs. Maple neck with 'blindfolded moor' carved head.  Lemon wood and Ebony parquetry tiling inlay on back of peg box.

Carved Spruce soundboard. Ebony veneered fingerboard & tailpiece. Ebony pegs with bone pips.

Linseed oil & pine resin varnish.

String Length: 36.5cm.   Body Length: 38.5cm.

Photos; Ellen Broughton