DHV:
713
Tourin ID:
PARIS 23
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Edward
Lewis
Date:
1687
Label Text:
Edward Lewis in St. Paul allay in London 1687 [handwritten?]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.1443 (formerly C.1037)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Gand & Bernardel frères, -1892
Measurements:
Body Length:
70
String Length:
70
Rib Depth:
13.1
Upper Width:
32.2
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
40
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, p. 684; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Hebbert 2003b, p. 39 (L1); Topham 2003, p. 135; Gétreau 1996, p. 684; Pillaut 1894, p. 9
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); [unpublished, from Smithsonian: FB+S]; [? by PT: FB+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
On display 8/02: double purfling (C-holes only single); table ornament elaborate but open design with birds’ heads at top level; fleurs-de-lys at corners. 3-piece back, decorated ribs. Neck has been narrowed; currently without strings, bridge, or tailpiece. Topham 2003: 2-piece table, youngest growth ring is 1672 on bass side, 1679 on treble. Pieces not from same tree, but each matches one side of a Jacobs viol (unspecified). Museum’s dimensions 69.6, 31.7/22.8/39.9, 13.0, - (probably taken on back). Repaired in 1892 by Gustave Bernardel, successor to Gand & Bernardel frères: new tailpiece (Gétreau 1996, p. 451).