The same seems also to be true for gilded roses in Italian early -
mid-17th century guitars. My only explanation for this is that lute
soundboards (with roses already cut in them), as well as separate roses
of various complexity and designs would be made in great numbers by
dedicated guilds of craftsmen, not lute and / or guitar makers
themselves. They would posses all the necessary skills and experience to
execute such work, i.e. some of the roses found in guitars and
harpsichords, for example, are of very high quality and refined
craftsmanship.
The Venice based, Sellas family of makers, for instance, is known to
have exported soundboards from Germany at the time.
Alexander
On 29/01/2018 16:20, [email protected] wrote:
When this topic was up on the list the last time, ten lutes with gilded
roses were said to survive, all of the first half of the 17th century.
Mathias
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