DHV:
1535
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1740
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope /Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno 1740 [printed except 40]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Fondation La Ménestrandie
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M.022.01
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Hélène Teysseire-Vuilleumier, Geneva, -1986
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.5
String Length:
31.3
Rib Depth:
4.6
Upper Width:
15.7
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19.6
Information
Source:
La Ménestrandie: online catalogue and Jacques Deferne to TGM, 2/10
Literature:
www.menestrandie.ch/inventaire.html (in 2010, but no longer available in 2020)
Photographs:
La Ménestrandie: online catalogue (F+B [color]); MacCracken 2017, p. 64 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back (NB, not striped); single purfling on front and back. Design on back of pegbox said to be identical to M.022.04 (La Fille style). 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.