Atelier Matéo Crémades

Anonymous, Venice, c.1540, MKG, Hamburg
Harpsichord rosette suitable for baroque guitar.

4 levels. 3 layers of parchment per level.
Ø 87 mm

Rosette in four layers of parchment carved and superimposed
enhanced with a patchwork of tinted parchment copied from the rose window on the west facade of Saint-Gatien Cathedral in Tours.
Dimensions 133 x 133 mm

4-level harpsichord rosette copied from the rosette of an anonymous 17th century Neapolitan harpsichord kept at the MET in New York.
Goat parchment, antique parchment, 22 carat gold leaf parchment, pear and walnut stem, walnut base sheathed with carved goat parchment. Rosette diameter 185 mm
Prize-winning piece at the Touraine Métiers d'Art 2019 Prize - Photo credit: Fabrice Rousseau 2019

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