DHV:
729
Tourin ID:
PARIS 40
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Caen
Dieulafait
Date:
1724
Label Text:
Dieulafait / a Caen / 1724 [handwritten on inside of back]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.979.2.67
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979
Measurements:
Body Length:
36.6
String Length:
38
Rib Depth:
7.9
Upper Width:
18.6
Middle Width:
14.3
Bottom Width:
22.1
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Bran-Ricci 1980, p. 49; Museum to PT 9/79
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 728; Bran-Ricci 1980, p. 49
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front, front 3/4, head side [color]); Khazine 2004, p. 7 (front 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
1-piece back and ribs of walnut (also pegbox); table has painted purfling. Tailpiece and back crossbars not original. Scroll has flat sides.