DHV:
728
Tourin ID:
PARIS 39
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Jean
Louvet
Date:
1750
Label Text:
LOUVET (Luthier) à la vielle / Royale rue de la Croix des Petits / Champs, à côté de la petite porte / Saint-Honoré, à Paris, / 1750 [printed]; LOUVET [brand]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.979.2.66
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979
Measurements:
Body Length:
31
String Length:
Rib Depth:
7.6
Upper Width:
14.5
Middle Width:
11.5
Bottom Width:
18.5
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Bran-Ricci 1980, p. 48; Museum to PT 9/79
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 728; Gétreau 1988, pp. 134-36; Bran-Ricci 1980, p. 48; Thibault 1973, p. 40
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); Khazine 2004, p. 7 (front 3/4); Gétreau 1988, p. 136 (front); Bran-Ricci 1986, pl. 23(a) (front); Thibault 1973, p. 40 (F+B, head side)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
1-piece back; deep ribs, large soundholes. Tailpiece, hookbar, pegs not original. Old worm damage. On display 8/02. Bran-Ricci dimensions 58.5, 31.0, 14.6/ - /18.5, 7.8, -.