DHV:
1537
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1747
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope /Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno 1747 [printed except 47]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Fondation La Ménestrandie
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M.022.03
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Hélène Teysseire-Vuilleumier, Geneva, -1986
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.6
String Length:
32.5
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
16.3
Middle Width:
11.5
Bottom Width:
19.9
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])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back (and presumably ribs also); double purfling. Design on back of pegbox said to be identical to M.022.05 (carved vine). 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.