Roses & Rosettes – Oliver Wadsworth
Friday, December 30th, 2005
NOTE: Click on the picture to see some of Oliver Wadsworth’s work.
A small collection of lute roses and medieval guitar rosettes by renown British instrument maker Oliver Wadsworth can be found in gallery section of this site. Each of the featured roses come from Oliver’s website which contains a wealth of information for lute makers.
Along with lutes, Wadsworth Instruments also make a range of archlutes, theorbos and renaissance and baroque guitars, and Oliver has been making stringed instruments of one sort or another since 1985. His designs are usually based on existing instruments found in museums and private collections around the world.
Iconographic sources are also used – especially for early and more obscure instruments where little physical evidence is available. Along with using historical references, Wadsworth Instruments is also happy to make copies of specific instruments for their clients.
We’ll be featuring some of Oliver’s amazing instrument making in the next day or so. In the meantime though, click here to check out Oliver Wadsworth’s lute roses and guitar rosettes which we have up in the gallery section. You’ll no doubt agree that the workmanship is superb.
If you want to find out more about Oliver Wadsworth and his work as a lute, theorbo and guitar maker, click here to go to his website.
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