DHV:
1089
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1747
Label Text:
Ludovicus Guersan prope Comoediam Gallicam, Lutetioe Anno 1747
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Guildford
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
5.4
Upper Width:
16.8
Middle Width:
11.1
Bottom Width:
19.8
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 2/05; Sotheby’s 3/14/91, lot 75
Literature:
Montagu 1991, p. 633; Sotheby’s 3/14/91, lot 75
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 3/14/91, lot 75 (F+B)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1991/03/14, lot 75
Striped back and ribs (maple and cedar); double purfling. La Fille type head; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Fingerboard and tailpiece original, also one peg; bridge not. String length could be as much as 32.5. (Sotheby’s body length is 33.2, presumably taken on back) .