Transverse Flute in D-flat
Unknown Artist
1760–90
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, gold-plated brass
Dimensions
1 3/8 × 24 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (3.5 × 62.5 × 3.2 cm) Length (Smaller joint): 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm) Length (Longer joint): 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) Case: 1 3/4 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (4.4 × 25.7 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Culture
German
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Accession Number
43.34a–g