DHV:
702
Tourin ID:
PARIS 11
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
François
Lejeune
Date:
1755
Label Text:
François Le Jeune, rue de la / Juiverie, à Paris, Année 1755 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.0370 (formerly C.144)
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
MM. Gand Frères, -1865
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.7
String Length:
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
15.7
Middle Width:
11.8
Bottom Width:
19.8
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Milliot 1997, pp. 265-66; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Milliot 1997, pp. 265-66; Gétreau 1996, p. 654; Gétreau 1988, pp. 136, 142; Thibault 1973, p. 41; Chouquet 1884, p. 32
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, back, head 3/4 [color]); Woodfield & Robinson 2001, 26:680, fig. 15b (F+B); Milliot 1997, pp. 265-66 (FB+S, head 3/4); Woodfield & Robinson 1984, 3:749, fig. 14b (F+B); Gétreau 1988, p. 138 (front 3/4); Young 1980, p. 127 (FB+S); AMIS Newsletter 10/1 (3/81): 1; Thibault 1973, p. 41 (FB+S, head 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs, 2-piece table, both with double purfling. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Neck and pegbox of one piece of wood. Tailpiece and hookbar not original. Young dimensions 66.8, 36.0, 17.5/12.7/20.5, -, - ; date 1753. Repaired in 1965 by E. Vatelot: neck and fingerboard widened with new wood, bottom block and broken neck heel repaired (Gétreau 1996, p. 466). On display 8/02. Museum’s dimensions: 32.5, 16.5/11.0/19.5, 5.5, -.