Antonio Carlos Garcia was a luthier making guitars and bandurrias active in Madrid circa 1870. This Spanish guitar was made for the English market where according to its label Alban Voigt & Co. was Garcia's exclusive distributor in Great Britain and the colonies. This guitar has a three piece top, back and sides of Brazilian rosewood. What looks like mother-of-pearl inlayed into ebony of the rosette is actually a white metal.  The construction of this small Spanish parlor guitar (590mm scale), is unusual in that it makes no use of fan bracing. Despite this, its tone and volume are surprisingly big.

1870 Antonio Carlos Garcia played by  Randall Avers