Mandolin, 1900, New York, New York, United States, American, Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, 24 5/8 × 7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in. (62.5 × 19.6 × 14.7 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), This instrument is among the finest decorated mandolins made in the U.S., where the Neapolitan mandolin, mostly played by Italian immigrants, became a fad between about 1880 and 1930. Angelo Manello emigrated from Italy in 1885 and established a mandolin factory in New York that in the early 1900s employed up to seventy-five makers, including artists for the decorative work
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Mandolin, 1900, New York, United States, American, Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother, pearl, metal, 24 5/8, 7 11/16, 5 13/16, 62.5, 19.6, 14.7 cm, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Angelo Mannello, Morcone, Italy, 1858–1922, instrument, finest decorated, mandolins, U.S, Neapolitan mandolin, mostly played, Italian immigrants, fad, 1880, 1930, Manello, emigrated, 1885, established, mandolin factory, early 1900s, employed, up, seventy-five makers, artists, decorative work
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