DHV:
1668
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Benoist
Fleury
Date:
1751
Label Text:
Benoist Fleury rue des Boucheries / Faubourg St. Germain a Paris 1751 [printed except 51]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Imke David, Bremen, c. 1990-2014
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.1
String Length:
31.6
Rib Depth:
5.3
Upper Width:
15.5
Middle Width:
10.8
Bottom Width:
19.4
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 7/15
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner 8/16: FB+S, head 3/4 (color); and 7/15: FB+SS, SS body only, head F, label (color)]; Imke David’s online sales ad 8/13 (F, back 3/4, head F 7/8+B [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Table with double purfling, arched back with single purfling. Only bottom block, tailpiece, bridge, fingerboard, and pegs are not original (but original boxwood pegs still exist); neck was narrowed and later widened with new wood. Extensive repaired worm damage to table and ribs. La Fille style decoration on back of pegbox; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.