COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.89.4.924
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MMA_.89.4.924
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Laurent, Claude
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Laurent, Claude
Creator Name
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Creator Role:
Maker
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Maker
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Made by Claude Laurent
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Made by Claude Laurent
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Transverse Flute in D Flat
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Transverse Flute in D Flat
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1813
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1813
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1813
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1813
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1813
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1813
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Glass, brass
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Glass, brass
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Aerophone/flue blown/edge blown
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Aerophone/flue blown/edge blown
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm); L. of embouchure 21 13/16 in. (55.4 cm)
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L. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm); L. of embouchure 21 13/16 in. (55.4 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
89.4.924
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89.4.924
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Claude Laurent, a Parisian watchmaker and mechanic, invented the technology to produce glass flutes that became an early 19th century novelty. He used lead crystal and other types of glass to make white, cobalt blue, and uranium green flutes. This fragile white crystal flute has four brass keys but Laurent manufactured more complicated key systems including one invented by Theobald Boehm (1794-1881), 'the father of the modern flute.' 'Crystal flutes' went out of style after Laurent's death but his innovative use of pillars to mount the keys became an industrial standard.
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<P>Claude Laurent, a Parisian watchmaker and mechanic, invented the technology to produce glass flutes that became an early 19th century novelty. He used lead crystal and other types of glass to make white, cobalt blue, and uranium green flutes. This fragile white crystal flute has four brass keys but Laurent manufactured more complicated key systems including one invented by Theobald Boehm (1794-1881), 'the father of the modern flute.' 'Crystal flutes' went out of style after Laurent's death but his innovative use of pillars to mount the keys became an industrial standard.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.mi89.4.924.R.tif
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MMA_.mi89.4.924.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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