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Gallery of Highlight Bows

  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c. 1740–50
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c.1750–60
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c.1750–60
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte c.1750–60
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte & Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte & Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte & Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1765–70
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1775
  • Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1775
  • Nicolas Léonard Tourte c. 1775
  • Nicolas Duchaine I c. 1775
  • Nicolas Duchaine I c. 1775
  • Nicolas Duchaine I c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1775
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1790
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1790
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1790
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1790
  • François Xavier Tourte c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1780–90
  • John Dodd I c. 1780–90
  • John Dodd I c. 1780–90
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1790
  • John Dodd I c. 1800
  • John Dodd I c. 1800
  • John Dodd I c. 1800

Full Bow Exhibition Listing

1. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740 (the button later)
L’Archet Révolutionnaire Full Catalogue, Jérôme Akoka, Part 2 No. 1

2. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c.1740–1750
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 2
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 12

3. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE, c. 1740 (the frog from the period, by a different maker)
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 3

4. probably NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 57

5. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–1750
Full Catalogue Part 1 No.4
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 12

6. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–50
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 4
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 10

7. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–50
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 3
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 11

8. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–50
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 12

9. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–50
Full Catalogue Part 1 No.11
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 11

10 NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1740–50
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 10

11. NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1750–60 (the button later)
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 12
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 13

12. NICOLAS LÉONARD and NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1760–64
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 13

13. NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE, frog by NICOLAS PIERRE TOURTE c. 1760–65
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 14

14. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1765–70
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 17
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 14

15. FRANÇOIS XAVIER and NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1765–70
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 18
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 15

16. Italian style, Austria, last third of 18th century
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 36

17. NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 28

18. NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 29
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 17

19. NICOLAS DUCHAINE I c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 74
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 18

20. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 26
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 16

21. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 27

22. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 31
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 19

23. TOUSSAINT NICOLAS GERMAN LEFÈVRE c. 1775 (the frog from the period, by a different maker)
Violin bow

24. JOSEPH and JEAN-JACQUES MAUCHAND c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 20

25. JEAN-JACQUES MAUCHAND c. 1775
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 96

26. NICOLAS DUCHAINE I c. 1775–80
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 76

27. NICOLAS LÉONARD and FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1780

28. NICOLAS LÉONARD and FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1780
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 26

29. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1780 (the frog and button later)
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 36

30. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1780 (the frog and button modern copies)
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 42

31. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1780 (the frog and button modern copies)
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 28

32. NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1780–85
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 43

33. JOHN DODD I c. 1780–1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 119

34. JOHN DODD I  c. 1780–90
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 38
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 22

35. FRANÇOIS XAVIER and NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1785
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 39

36 Italy, end of 18th century
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 105

37, Italian style, probably South-West Germany, end of 18th century
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 53

38. JOHN DODD I c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 121
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 24

39. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 40
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 20

40. JOHN DODD I c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 46
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 23

41. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 51
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 21

42. NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 48

43.NICOLAS LÉONARD TOURTE c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 47

44. FRANÇOIS XAVIER TOURTE c. 1790
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 50

45. Biedermeier style, probably Vienna, end of 18th century
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 63

46. LOUIS SIMON PAJEOT c. 1790–95
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 116

47. NICOLAS DUCHAINE I c. 1800
Full Catalogue Part 2 No.76

48. Italian style, Italy or South-West Germany c. 1800
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 94

49. JOHN DODD I c. 1800
Full Catalogue Part 2 No. 55
Tarisio Highlight Catalogue p. 25

50. JOHN DODD I c. 1810
Full Catalogue Part 1 No. 123

  • Exhibition Foreword by Jason Price
  • A History of 18th-Century Bows by Jérôme Akoka
  • Gallery of Highlight Bows
  • Nicolas Pierre Tourte
  • Nicolas Léonard Tourte
  • François Xavier Tourte
  • Nicolas Duchaine I
  • John Dodd I
  • Events Programme
  • French or German bows for Beethoven, by Kai Koepp
  • Life & Work for 18th Century Parisian Bow and Violin Makers by Bernard Gaudfroy
  • Videos – L’Archet Révolutionnaire
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