Parlour Guitar

Although the luthier is unknown, this is an exquisitely made instrument suited to any collection. Marquetry around top and bottom edges and sound hole. Same Tree of Life inlay on fretboard as used on Larson Brothers guitars. Multiple repairs on top, multiple cracks on back. Height: 94cm.

Carl Larson (1867-1946) and August Larson (1873-1944) were born in Sweden and emigrated to Chicago in the late 1880s. They worked as luthiers for guitar makers before buying Maurer & Company from Robert Maurer in 1900. Shortly after, they opened a retail shop on Elm Street. The brothers patented techniques in guitar building, such as laminated bracing, metal support rods, and guitar top and back under tension. The guitars were sold under the Maurer name in addition to Euphonon, Prairie State, Stetson, and Stahl. They also built mandolins and harp guitars.

The Meisel Collection. This instrument is being sold from The Meisel Collection assembled over a period of forty years by an accomplished attorney from Princeton, New Jersey. The owner traveled the world in search of rare, interesting, and handsome instruments to fill a collection that until now was displayed in his beautiful Princeton home.

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