DHV:
1290
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1755
Label Text:
Ludovicus / GUERSAN / propé / Comoediam / Gallicam / LUTETIOE / Anno 1755 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes?
Previous Owner:
Millant-Deroux
Measurements:
Body Length:
34.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
5
Upper Width:
16.2
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
20
Information
Source:
Milliot 1997, pp. 207-09
Literature:
Milliot 1997, pp. 207-09
Photographs:
Milliot 1997, pp. 207-09 (F+B body only, head F+B and 3/4, treble soundhole [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs, 2-piece table, double purfling. La Fille head; 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side (pegs redone in 19th C.). Tailpiece said to be original, with sculpted sides and diagonal upper edge (unusual if so). Bridge marked “R. et M. Millant.”