DHV:
1582
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
Label Text:
HENRI JAIE IN / LONDON / 1666
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
100
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.7
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
32.4
Middle Width:
24.2
Bottom Width:
39.3
Information
Source:
Vázquez to TGM, 6/14, 9/15, 7+10/18, 2/21; M. Fleming to TGM, 4/11
Literature:
Photographs:
Vázquez website (FB+S, head 3/4 [color, composite by TGM!]; front body only unstrung, details of decoration [color]); [unpublished, from M. Fleming, 4/11: FB+S, head 3/4 (color); from J. Vázquez 2/21: label (color)]]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back (3 dark, 2 light) with diamond-pattern decoration on all dark stripes in all three bouts (upper, middle, and lower), and more diamond-pattern decorations on ribs (upper and lower bouts only); single purfling on perimeter of 2-piece table, and around each dark stripe on back. Scroll is open not only from sides but also from front and top (damaged?); graft between pegbox and neck, but not to scroll. Based on photos, body resembles DHV 830 and 1733 (both also “Henri Jaie”) and 1561 (pseudo-Boivin): outline, soundholes (wide, with eyes below corners and treble less vertical), and striped back. J. Vázquez to TGM 7/18: awaiting restoration; label now illegible, but was readable c. 1930 as “Henrie Jaie in London 1666,” according to a document acquired with the viol. Dendrochronogy by Peter Ratcliffe (2/2021) gives 1644 for latest ring on bass and 1659 on treble side (2 different trees); wood provenance probably England. As of 2/2021, being restored by Werner Trojer.