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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).

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