Greffuhle Stradivarius

The Greffuhle Stradivarius is a violin made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy, around the year 1709.

Like the decorated Stradivarius violins in the Spanish Royal Collection, the instrument has a label with a date of 1709.

[1][2] The decoration is elaborate inlay motif of flowers, vines, and animals, the designs conceived by Stradivari himself.

The purfling is a wide band of inlaid ivory diamonds and circles on an ebony background.

The violin's top plate is made of two-piece spruce with even medium-to-fine grain broadening toward the sides.

The Greffuhle Stradivarius violin, on display in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History .