id: 399214 accession number: 2020.422 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.422 updated: 2023-03-20 10:12:39.856000 Vielle à Roue (Hurdy-Gurdy), 1865–70. Jacques Decante (French, 1808–1884). Wood; mother-of-pearl inlay; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 2020.422 title: Vielle à Roue (Hurdy-Gurdy) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1865–70 creation date earliest: 1858 creation date latest: 1870 current location: creditline: Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin copyright: --- culture: France technique: Wood; mother-of-pearl inlay department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Musical Instrument find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jacques Decante (French, 1808–1884) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Clara Taplin Rankin, Paris, France, by purchase date: 1954 footnotes: citations: Clara Taplin Rankin, Chagrin Falls, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1954–2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This vielle à roue was made in the French village of Jenzat, which was the manufacturing center for hurdy-gurdies during the 19th century. digital description: In France, the hurdy-gurdy is known as the vielle à roue (wheel fiddle). This six-stringed musical instrument produces sound by a hand crank-turned wheel that rubs against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses small wedges against the strings to change their pitch. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.422/2020.422_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.422/2020.422_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.422/2020.422_full.tif