DHV:
1572
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Henry
Francais
Date:
1902
Label Text:
[Caressa & Français no. 27]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
7+7 ?
Collection:
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes?
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Vichy Enchères 12/11/10, lot 75 (viewed on line)
Literature:
Vichy Enchères 12/11/10, lot 75 (viewed on line)
Photographs:
Vichy Enchères 12/11/10, lot 75 (front, back at angle from below [color]); Vichy Enchères 6/14/08, lot ??, selective advertising brochure, viewed online (F+B [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Vichy Enchères 2010/12/11, lot 75
“Belle viole da gambe faite par Henry FRANCAIS en 1902 à sept cordes + cordes sympathiques, portant étiquette originale Caressa & Français n• 27.” Both table and back have double purfling plus single around C-holes and fleur-de-lys at body corners; recognized by S. Peck as copy of R. Chéron = Brussels 1432 (BRUS 40).